Jerry Jeff WalkerLast night I sat out on the boat dock and smoked a big cigarLet my mind drift back along the road of lifeI've traveled down so farStarted out a dreamer with a suitcase in handA guitar on my back without a care or a planA gypsy boy hitchhiking down the roadAh here I goI fell in love at nineteen andI thought the world lay there in her eyesBut the kind of life i talked aboutWas not the kind that she had in mindI was just a skinny kid who played the guitarOne day i looked up and she went by in a carDriven by some guy i didn't knowI let 'er goI went down to New OrleansI'd never been to that localeFound some work bartendingAnd I started running with some palsWe had guitars and followed babe Stovall aroundWe met some Cajun girls who had just drove into townThey said that they were headed for the coastWe all said let's all goWe were on life's adventure nowTraveling cross the great southwestWhen I first saw TexasI thought man this must be the bestWhen I got to LA I just turned it aroundTheir heads are up among the starsThere's cracks in the groundI really couldn't care less if it blowsI said let 'er blowWhen I got back to TexasI thought man I finally found my placeThe people are so friendlyAnd they always have a pleasant faceThe women all are pretty with a wink in their eyeThe cowboys at the bar are all so polite and shyExcept when they ride the bulls at the rodeoThey say let 'er goWell I put a band togetherAnd we sat around and played songs that i likeWe sat around and worked them up'Till I thought we played them all just rightThe first gig that we ever playedI stayed out too longThen we went out and partiedAnd we stayed up 'till dawnThe next night at the club I didn't showThe bartender said hey let 'em goI got lucky with some songsAnd they were hits on the radioPromoters said they needed some gonzo stuffFor the country package showThe record company said that they were caught by surpriseThey said you guys are really hard to categorizeI don't think that they ever caught our showThey just let us goWell I've traveled round the worldAnd sang my songs for people that I've metI've made a lot of people smileAnd all in all I still have no regretsI've got a family that I love and they love me tooI've got a band I travel with 'cause that's what we doAnd I see how quickly all the years have flownI say let 'em goLast night I sat out on the boat dockAnd smoked a big cigarAnd let my mind drift back along the road of lifeI've traveled down so farI thought of all the places I have been in my lifeAnd all the places that I have to see 'fore I dieI looked over at the boat tied to the dockI said got on and let 'er go
