I've always kept a suitcase packed

Just in case the ol blacktop came a'callin I'd be all in, good-bye never lookin back

All I needed was a reason neither good nor bad just something to keep me in steady motion anytime I got the notion

I'd take off into a red sunset driving all night long

It didn't matter what was up ahead I was goin, goin, gone

I'm a drifter

I'm a natural born four on the floor gear shifter

Never had a choice the good Lord made me this way

And I've come to terms with the fact that I'm a drifter

But you make me wanna stay

Now it's goodbye lonely midnight highway and neon sign motels

And the people and other places all along those dusty trails

With you I'm stepping way out there into the great unknown

Now here goes nothing baby I'm goin, goin, gone

I'm a drifter

I'm a natural born four on the floor gear shifter

Never had a choice the good Lord made me this way

And I've come to terms with the fact that I'm a drifter

But you make me wanna stay

Sometimes at night I see those headlights

Shining like lightning coming thru the blinds

And I think about the road and I know

Wherever we're going, it's good to be home

I'm a drifter

I'm a natural born four on the floor gear shifter

Never had a choice the good Lord made me this way

And I've come to terms with the fact that I'm a drifter

But you make me wanna stay

Wanna stay yeah

Oh…..yeah!