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Hobo Nickel
Brian Wright and TRK
 
I got a hobo nickel   I made it myself
I shined it up nice   and keep it on the shelf
One flip in the air   tells me all I need to know
Heads I stay   Tails means it’s time I got to go
 
I got an old guitar   I like to strum
I know half of every song   that’s ever been sung
Gonna sit right down   on a corner in the heart of town
When I start to play   the people come a-gathering around
 
East or west   never look back
Tomorrow’s just a day or so   down the track
Traveling light   is the life for me
If I spend my last dollar   I’ll just get it for free
 
I got a freight train   on track 21
If it move too slow   I’ll just use my thumb
Cause I’m moving along   any way I want to let it roll
If it don’t ride easy   then it ain’t the way I want to go
 
I got a backpack hanging over my shoulder
It got everything I need when the night gets colder
I got a coat and a hat a compass and a cup of joe
I got my hobo nickel and the feeling of the freedom of the road
 
It ain’t easy   but it’s easy to love
Any body can join   but it’s a mighty small club
I got no destination   nowhere to be
Here’s an open invitation   you can travel with me
 
So stay at home   or ride the rails
Like a hobo nickel   heads or tails
You can live on love   or you can chase that   money down
It goes by so fast   why not make the most of it now
Everybody’s going   to the same party anyhow
 