It's a long and dusty road, a hot and a heavy load The folks I meet ain't always kind Some are bad and some are good Some have done the best they could Some have tried to ease my troubled mind And I can't help but wonder Where I'm bound, where I'm bound Can't help but wonder where I'm bound I've been wanderin' through this land Doin' the best I can Tryin' to find what I was meant to do And the people that I see look as worried as can be And it looks like they are wonderin' too And I can't help but wonder Where I'm bound, where I'm bound Can't help but wonder where I'm bound Now I had a little girl one time She had lips like sherry wine And she loved me till my head went plumb insane But I was too blind to see she was driftin' away from me And my good gal went off on the mornin' train And I can't help but wonder Where I'm bound, where I'm bound Can't help but wonder where I'm bound And I had a buddy way back home, but he started out to roam And I hear he's out by Frisco Bay And sometimes when I've had a few, his old voice comes a-ringin' through And I'm goin' out to see him some old day And I can't help but wonder Where I'm bound, where I'm bound Can't help but wonder where I'm bound Well, if you see me passin' by And you sit and you wonder why And you wish that you were a rambler too Nail your shoes to the kitchen floor, lace 'em up and bar the door Thank your stars for the roof that's over you And I can't help but wonder Where I'm bound, where I'm bound Can't help but wonder where I'm bound