And if I died at twenty-three Would you bury me in the sunshine? Please let me know that you?re still mine Though I?m gone My love for you is oh-
I'm gonna take a freight train down at the station, Lord I don't care where it goes Gonna climb a mountain, the highest mountain, Lord And gonna jump
Took my fam'ly away from my Carolina home Had dreams about the West and started to roam Six long months on a dust covered trail They say heaven's
I say, how can you say Where I'll be from day to day When I don't even know myself But the life that I lead Is so full of mysteries That's why I'm always
Many a time I feel so lonesome Many a day I've been so doggone tired When I get lonesome, yes I do I think about true love And when I think about true
Tried to keep me wonderin' All the time Didn't think I knew, Lord What you was up to But everywhere you go Met them friends of mine And you know
In the corner of dark bar room Sat an ole' cowboy singin' western tunes Singin' songs he learned as a child All about the West back when it was wild
