I beat my way wherever any winds have blown I've bummed along from Portland down to San Antone From Shady Hook to Frisco, over plains and hills For once you get the Habit, you just can't keep still I've seen a lot of places where I'd like to stay I gets to feelin' restless, then I'm on my way I was never meant for sittin' on my own door sill For once you get the Habit, you just can't keep still And I ride wherever the wind blows I'm driftin' like a tumbleweed I'm just a wanderin' troubadour A song and my guitar is all I need I've been in rich men's houses and I've been in jail And when it's time for leavin', I just hits the trail I'm a human bird of passage and the song I trill Is once you get the Habit, you just can't keep still Now the sun is sort of coaxin' and the road is clear And the wind is singin' ballads that I just gotta hear It ain't no use to argue when you feel the thrill For once you get the Habit, you just can't keep still I ride wherever the wind blows I'm driftin' like a tumbleweed And I'm just a wanderin' troubadour A song and my guitar is all I need And I ride wherever the wind blows And I'm driftin' like a tumbleweed And I'm just a wanderin' troubadour A song and my guitar is all I need A song and my guitar is all I need