Truckin'

Truckin', got my chips cashed in

Looking like the doodah man

Together, more or less in line

Just keep truckin' on

Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street

Chicago, New York, Detroit, it's all the same street

Your typical city involved in a typical daydream

Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings

Dallas, got a soft machine

Houston, to close to New Orleans

New York, got the ways and means

But just won't let you be

And most of the cats that you meet on the street

Speak of true love

Even most of the time they're sittin' and cryin' alone

One of these days they know they gotta get goin'

Get out of the door and down to the street all alone

Truckin', like the doodah man

Once told me you got to play your hand

Sometimes the cards ain't worth a damn

If you don't lay 'em down

Sometimes the lights all shinin' on me

Other times I can barely see

Lately it occurs to me, yeah, eeh, yeah

What a long strange trip it's been

Hey, what in the world ever became of sweet Jane?

She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same

Livin' on reds, vitamin C and cocaine

All a friend can say is "Ain't it a shame"

Truckin', like the doodah man

Been thinkin' about goin' home

Lookin' for the  place to go

Just want something to keep on

Sittin' and starin' out of the hotel window

Got a tip, they're kickin' the door in again

I'd like to set some sleep before I travel

But if ya'll got a warrant, I guess you're gonna come in

Busted, down on Bourbon street

Set up like a bowling pin

Knocked down, it gets to wearin' thin

They just won't let you be

Hey, sittin' and hanging around and you'd like to travel

Get tired of traveling, you'd like to settle down

I guess they can't revoke your soul for trying

Get out of the door, lie down and look all around

Sometimes the lights all shinin' on me

Other times I can barely see

Lately it occurs to me, yeah, yeah

What a long strange trip it's been

Truckin', I'm a-goin' home

Whoa, oh, baby, back where I belong

Black home, sit down and pack my bones

Get back truckin' on