Bob Dylan - Only A Hobo

only a hobo

words and music bob dylan
recorded aug 12 1963 ( the times they are A – changin’ sessions ) and released on the
bootleg series 1 – 3 ( 1991 )
tabbed by eyolf strem

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as i was out walking on a corner one day ,
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i spied an old hobo , in a doorway he lay .
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his face was all grounded in the cold sidewalk floor
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and i guess he’d been there for the whole night or more .

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only a hobo , but one more is gone
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leavin’ nobody to sing his sad song
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leavin’ nobody to carry him home
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he was only a hobo , but one more is gone

a blanket of newspaper covered his head ,
as the curb was his pillow , the street was his bed .
one look at his face showed the hard road he’d come
and a fistful of coins showed the money he bummed .

only a hobo , but one more is gone
leavin’ nobody to sing his sad song
leavin’ nobody to carry him home
only a hobo , but one more is gone

does it take much of a man to see his whole life go down ,
to look up on the world from a hole in the ground ,
to wait for your future like a horse that’s gone lame ,
to lie in the gutter and die with no name?

only a hobo , but one more is gone
leavin’ nobody to sing his sad song
leavin’ nobody to carry him home
only a hobo , but one more is gone