Where I'm Bound (Tom Paxton)

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Tom Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter and activist who has been writing, performing, and recording music for fifty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He began his career playing in Greenwich Village; that’s where I first saw him.

It’s a long and dusty road
It’s a hot and heavy load
And the folks I'm meet ain’t always kind

Some are bad and some are good
Some have done the best they could
Some have tried to ease my troublin' mind

And I can't help but wonder
Where I'm bound
Where I'm bound
Can't help but wonder where I'm bound

I've been around this land
Just doin' the best I can
Trying to find
What I was meant to do

And the faces that I see
Are as worried as can be
And it looks like they are wondering, too

And I can't help but wonder
Where I'm bound
Where I'm bound
Can't help but wonder where I'm bound

I had a gal one time
She had lips like sherry wine
And I loved her till my heart went plum insane

But I was too blind to see
She was drifting away from me
And one day she left on the morning train

And I can't help but wonder
Where I'm bound
Where I'm bound
Can't help but wonder where I'm bound

I've got a buddy from home
But he started out to roam
And I hear he's out by the Frisco Bay

Sometimes when I've had a few
His voice comes singing through
And I'm going out to see him some old day

And I can't help but wonder
Where I'm bound
Where I'm bound
I can't help but wonder where I'm bound

Well, if you see me passing by
And you stop and wonder why
And you wish that you were a rambler, too

Nail your shoes to the kitchen floor
Lace ‘em up and bar the door
Thank your stars for the roof that's over you

And I can't help but wonder
Where I'm bound
Where I'm bound
Can't help but wonder where I'm bound