I Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound Songtext
von Tom Paxton

"It′s a long and a dusty road, it's a hot and a heavy load,
And the folks I meet ain′t always kind.
Some are bad, some are good, some have done the best they could,
Some have tried to ease my troubled mind.

And I can't help but wonder where I'm bound, where I′m bound,
I can′t help but wonder where I'm bound.

Well, I′ve been around this land, just a-doin' the best I can,
Tryin′ to find what I was meant to do,
And the faces that I see look as worried as can be,
And it looks like they are a-wonderin' too.

And I can′t help but wonder where I'm bound, where I'm bound,
I can′t help but wonder where I′m bound.


Well, I had a little girl one time, she had lips like sherry wine
And she loved me till my head went plumb insane.
But I was too blind to see she was drifting away from me,
And my good gal went off on a morning train.

And I can't help but wonder where I′m bound, where I'm bound,
I can′t help but wonder where I'm bound.

I had a buddy way back home, but he started out to roam,
And I hear he′s out by Frisco bay.
And sometimes when I've had a few, his old voice comes singin' through,
And I′m goin′ out to see him some old day.

And I can't help but wonder where I′m bound, where I'm bound,
I can′t help but wonder where I'm bound.

If you see me passin′ by and you sit and wonder why,
And you wish that you were a rambler too,
Nail your shoes to the kitchen floor, lace 'em up and bar the door,
And thank the stars for the roof that's over you.

And I can′t help but wonder where I′m bound, where I'm bound,
I can′t help but wonder where I'm bound."