Merle Haggard - Hobo's Meditation lyrics

rate me

(Jimmie Rodgers)

Tonight as I lay on a boxcar

Just waiting for train to pass by

What will become of the hobo

Whenever his time comes to die.

There's a Master up yonder in heaven

Got a place that we might call our home

Will we have to work for a livin'

Or can we continue to roam.

Will there be any freight trains in heaven

Any boxcars in which we might hide

Will there be any tough cops or brakemen

Will they tell us that we cannot ride.

Will the hobo chum with the rich man

Will we always have money to spare

Will they have respect for the hobo

In that land which lies hidden up there.

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Will there be any freight trains in heaven

Any boxcars in which we might hide

Will there be any tough cops or brakemen

Will they tell us that we cannot ride.

Will the hobo chum with the rich man

Will we always have money to spare

Will they have respect for the hobo

In that land which lies hidden up there...