Well, I was born in the Southland Twenty-some odd years ago I ran away for the first time When I was four years old I'm a free born man My home is on my back I know every inch of highway And every foot of back road Every mile of railroad track I got a gal in Cincinnati Got a woman in San Antone I always loved the girl next door But anyplace is home I'm a free born man My home is on my back I know every inch of highway And every foot of back road Every mile of railroad track I got me a worn-out guitar I carry an old tote sack I hocked it about two hundred times But I always get it back I'm a free born man My home is on my back I know every inch of highway And every foot of back road Every mile of railroad track Well, I was born in the Southland Twenty-some odd years ago I ran away for the first time When I was four years old I'm a free born man My home is on my back I know every inch of highway And every foot of back road Every mile of railroad track