Rambo Lyrics - Manhattan Transfer

He's got that funny name 

And ramblin', that's his game, that's it 

He's Rambo, talkin' 'bout me 

We'll see 

They call him Rambo because he's travelin' 

He don't stay in one place 

His life's a string, he keeps unravellin' 

He don't leave no trace 

He's got a yen for changin' places 

He digs changin' scenes 

That way he stays in everybody's good graces 

He's happy on the move 

He's mobile and free 

He wants no strings attached 

That's how it's gotta be, see 

He'll keep on ramblin' till the coda 

He don't stay one place 

Because he's just a ramblin' man 

His favorite hobby's hittin' the road 

He was a fella livin' solely 

By the ramblers on the code 

Some people are born to roam 

Fate gave 'em roamin' natures 

And so they wander around 

Leavin' people wonderin' when they'll touch the ground 

Hither and yon, here and beyond 

Wherever they never been before 

As soon as you're used to their face 

They're off and runnin' again, gone to another new place 

Peripatetic is the only word 

That I had ever heard that people could use 

That really describes him 

There's no other word could do that 

Only other word I know that comes 

The closest to it is "Gypsy" 

And that don't really fit him at all 

"Cause he ain't tellin' fortunes, hates bein' dipsy 

Everywhere I go, they call him Rambo 

'Cause he won't stay long 

In my ramblin', I've met a lotta people here and there 

And see 'bout the same everywhere 

Each with his own little thing 

That he uses while he's tryin' to swing 

Maybe the look ain't the same 

But they play the same game 

There's quite a lot of difference 

In their outlook, I know 

Still, yet, their story, lemme tell you 

Is a story that you won't forget 

[Incomprehensible] 

I felt so stuck with my present situation 

Later, when I got a little older 

That was when I discovered I could split 

And find myself another groove 

That was all I need, I was on the move 

I packed my little bag and started ramblin' 

To this day, I'm a rover who'll always be ramblin' 

You get drug stayin' in one place 

Depressed and feelin' low down 

Get new kicks movin' round' 

Roamin' the country's educational for you 

And widens your point of view 

Tests your mettle, cools your mind out 

And that's true without a doubt 

You know? I mean you dig 

That's Rambo's gig 

Rambo is ready to ramble and itchin' to split 

Oh yeah, he'll start packin' and quit it 

Forget it! 'Cause he's done with it 

That's Rambo! Travelin' light 

Stay too long, he'll get uptight 

So his motto is "Keep movin'" 

You got it! That's his bit! 

Next time he might leave an address 

'Cause the little girl that he met last night 

Paid him so much attention 

That it made him a bit uptight 

We might not have to call him Rambo 

'Cause he just might be settlin' down 

He's gone the way of all men, fat, skinny or tall men 

It happened to this rover we know, Rambo