things i learned in a hobo jungle were things they never taught me in a classroom like where to find a handout while bumming through chicago in the afternoon hey i m not bragging or complaining i am just talking to myself man to man this old mental fat i m chewing didn t take a lot of doing but i take a lot of pride in what i am i guess i grew up a loner i don t remember ever having any folks around but i keep thumbing through the phone books and looking for my daddy s name in every town and i meet lots of friendly people but i always wind up leaving on the lam where i ve been or where i m going didn t take a lot of knowing but i take a lot of pride in what i am i never travel in a hurry because i got nobody waiting for me anywhere home is anywhere i m living if it s sleeping on some vacant bench in city squares or if i m working on some road gang or just living off the fat of our great land i never been nobody s idol but at least i got a title and i take a lot of pride in what i am i never been nobody s idol but at least i got a title and i take a lot of pride in what i am i take a lot of pride in what i am i take a lot of pride in what i am