i left new york in nineteen forty nine to go across the country without a dad blamed dime montana in the cold cold fall found my father in a gambling hall father father where have you been i ve been out in the world since i was only ten father father where have you been i ve been out in the world since i was only ten don t worry about me about to die of pleurisy cross the mississippi cross the tennessee cross the niobrara home i ll never be home in old medora home in ol truckee apalachicola home i ll never be for better or for worse or thick and thin like being married to the little woman god he loves me like i love him i want you to do just the same for him well the worms eat away but the worrywarts will win so i left montana on an old freight train the night my father died in the cold cold rain road to opelousas road to wounded knee road to ogallala home i ll never be road to oklahoma road to el cajon road to old tehatchapi road to san antone hey hey road to opelousas road to wounded knee road to ogallala home i ll never be road to oklahoma road to el cajon road to old tehatchapi road to san antone home i ll never be