My Traveling Star

Watch my back and light my way

(My traveling star, my traveling star)

Watch over all of those born Saint Christopher's day

(Old road dog, young runaway)

They hunger for home but they can not stay

They wait by the door

They stand and they stare

They're already out of there

They're already out of there

My daddy used to ride the rails

(So they say, so they say)

Soft as smoke and as tough as nails

(Boxcar Jones, old walking man)

Coming back home was like going to jail

Sheets and the blankets and babies and all

No, he never did come back home

Never that I recall

Never mInd the wind

Never mind the rain

Never mind the road leading home again

Never asking why

Never knowing when

Every now and then

There he goes again

She had a cat and a dog named Blue

(My traveling star, my traveling star)

A big old stove and a fireplace too

(Old road dog, young runaway)

She told me she loved me like it was true

I knew I should stay

I knew I would go

Run, run, run away

Run, run run away, boy

Run before the wind

Run before the rain

Over yonder hill

Just around the bend

Never knowing why

Never knowing when

Every now and then

There you go again

Tie me up and hold me down

(Oh, oh, my traveling star)

Bury my feet down in the ground

(Oh, oh, old road dog)

Claim my name from the lost and found

And let me believe this is where I belong

Shame on me for sure

One more highway song

(My traveling star, my traveling star)