Im a free man in the morning Im gonna go home Been serving for years, never too near, always too far There was a young girl in the county who had an eye for me We kissed for a while, that made her smile Then it came down on me to fake it I should have found a way to escape it I was so wrong to say Id see her one more time Im a young man like a preacher, no souls to mend Ive traveled too much to be known as just a traveling man So they judged me for a crime I could never have done They said I was one who carried a gun In the cold light of the morning Im gonna go home, Its never too near, its always too far I will have found a way to break it And when I go home again Ill see her one more time