Hobo In My Mind Lyrics & Chords By Tom Paxton

p on Smoky mountain, Drinking from a soda fountain, That's where I was when I was, A hobo in my mind. Hoppin' freights and pickin' dates, Gobblin' beans from old tin plates, It seems like years since I was just A hobo in my mind. It did no harm, it set my mind, To dreamin' of a way, To get my hands on something, That I had to find someday. Far beyond Chicago, Somewhere where the longest trains go, That's where I was when I was, A hobo in my mind. Me and a couple of buddies, We didn't care if our shoes got muddy. We didn't care where the trains were bound, We'd ride them rascals blind. Oh, maybe I was crazy, Maybe just my foolish ways, But that's where I was when I was, A hobo in my mind. It did no harm, it set my mind, To dreamin' of a way, To get my hands on something, That I had to find someday. Far beyond Chicago, Somewhere where the longest trains go, That's where I was when I was, A hobo in my mind.