Nowhere… Fast - Charlie Parr

I left my dear old parents

And started out on the road

Just like Ramblin' Robin

And the tramps who went before

Anywhere but here, anywhere but here

Baptized out on the road

Anywhere but here

I caught a freight for the west

Just outside of my hometown

With a backpack and a bedroll

And swore I’d never hop back down

Anywhere but here, anywhere but here

Baptized out on the road

Anywhere but here

When I made to jump off the train

My legs were numb and stiff

They buckled when I hit the ground

And I lit down in a ditch

Anywhere but here, anywhere but here

Baptized out on the road

Anywhere but here

I hung out with some rough folks

We went in on a scam

But the blame was mine when the cops came

And the jailhouse my new home

Anywhere but here, anywhere but here

Baptized out on the road

Anywhere but here

I got out in the winter

Got told to leave Colorado Springs

With a thin coat and broken boots

I headed north on up the range

Anywhere but here, anywhere but here

Baptized out on the road

Anywhere but here

Bummin' around Montana

I thumbed all the way to Missou

Got drunk down by the Top Hat

They said I’d better push on through

Anywhere but here, anywhere but here

Baptized out on the road

Anywhere but here

This ain’t the life I want

I’m telling you the truth

Gonna get my things together

And get on back to Duluth

Anywhere but here, anywhere but here

Baptized out on the road

Anywhere but here