I can settle down and be doin' just fine Till I hear an old train rollin' down the line Then I hurry straight home and I pack And if I didn't go I believe I'd blow my stack I love you babe you gotta understand That when the Lord made me he made me a ramblin' man [ guitar ] Now some folks might say that I'm just no good That I wouldn't settle down if I could But when that open road starts to callin' me There's something o'er the hill that I just gotta see I love to see the towns a passing by And to ride these rails neath God's blue sky And when I'm gone and at my grave you stand Just say God's called home your ramblin' man