Travelin' Light Lyrics - Robert Earl Keen

You've been standin' on the corner for a thousand nights 

Ifs the slowest corner known to man 

Watchin' strange faces passin' 'neath the lights 

With a bottle wavin' in your hand 

You got just enough money for some nothin' to go 

It ain't exactly what you planned 

So lonesome that you can't even say hello 

And no one seems to understand 

[Chorus] 

So you're a mixed up kid, come on and join the crowd 

The ones that only fit where they're not allowed 

Out on the streets and you're feelin' blue 

Travelin' light 

With a hole in your soul where the wind blows through 

A hole in your soul where the wind blows through 

You wandered away from your childhood home 

Nobody cared to trace 

The tracks you laid 

You traveled by night 

And you traveled alone 

Came to rest at a penny arcade 

Well, the last shots over 

On a Saturday night You wake up in the beam 

Of a cop's flashlight 

He asks you who you are as if you 

Knew or you cared 

He asks you where you live 

And you say nowhere 

[Chorus] 

I don't know where I got it 

But, I got it the same 

It's a feelin' that'll rip you apart 

It follows me around 

Like a part of my name 

Like I'm born with a time bomb 

Instead of a heart 

[Chorus]