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Some people say I'm a no count

Others say I'm no good

but I'm just a natural born traveling man

doin' what I think I should, oh yea

Doin' what I think I should

 And I don't give a damn about a greenback dollar

Spend it fast as a can

 But a wailing song a good guitar

 The only thing that I understand, poor boy

 The only thing that I understand

When I was a little baby

My Mama said hey son

Travel where you will and learn to be a man

and sing what must be sung, poor boy

Sing what must be sung

 And I don't give a damn about a greenback dollar

Spend it fast as a can

 But a wailing song a good guitar

 The only thing that I understand, poor boy

 The only thing that I understand

Now that I've grown to be a man

I've traveled here and there

I've learned that a bottle of brandy and a song

the only ones who ever cared, poor boy

the only one's who ever cared

 And I don't give a damn about a greenback dollar

Spend it fast as a can

 But a wailing song a good guitar

 The only thing that I understand, poor boy

 The only thing that I understand