YOU WONDER WHY I'M A HOBO You wonder why I'm a hobo, and why I sleep in a ditch. It ain't because I'm lazy, nope, I just don't want to be rich. I could eat from dishes; it's only a matter of choice. But when I eat from an old tin can, there ain't no dishes to wash.
Diddley-dum dee-diddley di-de-do, Diddley-dum dee-day. Well, I could be a banker, if ever I wanted to be, But the very thought of an iron cage is too suggestive to me. And I could be an accountant, and always balance my books, But readin' figures ruins the eyes and glasses spoil my looks. I could be a conductor and never have a wreck, But any kind of a railroad man to me is a pain in the neck. And I could ride in a Pullman, but there it is again! The plush they put on those Pullman seats Tickles my sensitive skin. I could be a doctor; my duty I'd never shirk. But if I doctored a railroad bull, he'd never go back to work! And I could be a broker, without the slightest excuse, But look at 1929, and tell me what's the use? I could be a soldier, and hold my rifle steady, But why should I go volunteer? They'll draft me when they're ready. You wonder why I'm a hobo, and why I sleep in a ditch; It ain't because I'm lazy, nope, I just don't want to be rich. Haywire Mac might have recorded it, but I'm pretty sure it's a Carson Robison song. Sandy
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