Capo 2nd fret

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Intro

Lyrics:

Watch my back and light my way

 My traveling star, my traveling star

Watch over all of those born St. Christopher's Day

 Old road dog, young runaway

They hunger for home but they cannot stay

 They wait by the door

 They stand and they stare

 They're already out of there

 They're already out of there

My daddy used to ride the rails

 So they say, so they say

Soft as smoke and as tough as nails

 Boxcar Jones, old walking man

Coming back home was like going to jail

 The sheets and the blankets and babies and all

 No he never did come back home

 Never that I recall

Nevermind the wind

 Nevermind the rain

 Nevermind the road

 leading home again

Never asking why

 Never knowing when

 Every now and then

 There he goes again

She had a cat and a dog named Blue

 My traveling star, my traveling star

 A big old stove and a fireplace, too

 Old road dog, young runaway

 She told me she loved me like it was true

 I knew I should stay

 I knew I would go

 Run run run away

Run run run away, boy

Run before the wind

 Run before the rain

 Over yonder hill

 Just around the bend

Never knowing why

 Never knowing when

 Every now and then

 There you go again

Tie me up and hold me down

 Oh, my traveling star

 Bury my feet down in the ground

 Oh, old road dog

 Claim my name from the lost and found

 And let me believe this is where I belong

 Shame on me for sure

For one more highway song

My traveling star My traveling star