[Verse 1]

I'm a free man

In the mornin'

I'm gonna' go home

Been servin' for years

Never too near

Always too far

There was a young girl

In the county

Who had an eye for me

We kissed for awhile

And that made her smile

[Chorus]

Then it came down on me to fake it

I should have found a way to escape it

I was so wrong to say I'd see her one more time

[Verse 2]

Oh, I'm a young man

Like a preacher

No souls to mend

I traveled too much

To be known as just

A traveling man

So they judged me

For a crime I could nеver have done

Thеy said I was one who carried a gun

[Chorus]

And then it came down on me to fake it

I should have found a way to escape it

I was so wrong to say I'd see her one more time

Oh, and when it is time for me to make it

I will have found a way to break it

When I go home again I'll see her one more time

[Verse 3]

In the cold light

Of the morning

I'm gonna' go home

It's never too near

It's always too far

[Chorus]

And then it came down on me to fake it

I should have found a way to escape it

I was so wrong to say I'd see her one more time

Oh, and when it is time for me to make it

I will have found a way to break it

When I go home again I'll see her one more time