my traveling star

Lyrics

watch my back and light my way. watch over all of those born st. christopher's day. they hunger for home but they cannot stay, they wait by the door, they stand and they stare. they're already out of there, they're already out of there. my daddy used to ride the rails. soft as smoke and as tough as nails. coming back home was like going to jail. the sheets and the blankets and babies and all, no, he never did come back home, never that i recall. never mind the wind, never mind the rain, never mind the road leading home again. never asking why, never knowing when, every now and then, there he goes again. she had a cat and a dog named blue. a big old stove and a fireplace, too. she told me loved me like it was true. i knew i should stay, i knew i would go. run, run, run away. run, run, run away, boy. run before the wind, run before the rain, over yonder hill, just around the bend. never knowing why, never knowing when, every now and then, there you go again. tie me up and hold me down. bury my feet down in the ground. claim my name from the lost and found and let me believe this is where i belong. shame on me for sure for one more highway song. my traveling star, my traveling star.