i was born a travelin man that s all i ll ever be moving around from town to town is what makes me so free my father was a trucker for the years of 23 on the day that i was born his blood was left to me i m a travelin man travelin man that s what i am travelin man travelin man that s what i am travelin man that s what i am no woman puts a hold on me you ll see me once or maybe twice that s all you ll see of me all you pretty women lord i hope you understand don t be a fool lord no and put your heart in a travellin man i m a travelin man travelin man travelin man that s what i am travelin man travelin man that s what i am guess i ll always be travelin man that s what i am but at least i m free travelin man oh that s what i am travelin man that s what i am lord i move so fast i have had so many women none of them have last i am just a mover moving fast as sound always free sometimes lonely always movin around travelin man travelin man that s what i am travelin man oh that s what i am