Ramblin' Jack

Album: Feeling Mortal (2013)
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  • I got a friend named Ramblin’ Jack
    He’s got a face like a tumbled down shack
    That’s been lived in too long to be torn down
    He’s high on life and low on luck
    And big on driving diesel trucks
    And knows the boys that built them by the sound

    Most of his lifetime he’s been wasted
    On the wine of life he’s tasted
    And I guess the rest, Lord, he was stoned
    And he’s known to lay his weary head
    In some funky, unfamiliar beds
    But he was only looking for a home

    [Chorus]
    And I know he ain’t afraid of where he’s going
    And I’m sure he ain’t ashamed of where he’s been
    He has paid a little piece of his soul
    For every seed that he’s been sowing
    And he made his own mistakes, and love, and friends
    Ain’t that what matters in the end

    Soulful songs and sailing ships
    Put a smile upon his lips
    Easy as the laughter in his eyes
    And if he knew how good he’d done
    Every song he ever sung
    I believe he’d truly be surprised

    Looking back he’s come so far
    Looking at his lucky star
    Somewhere, out there, rocking on the road
    Risky nights and wasted days
    Wild and righteous, wicked ways
    Mixing up the music in his soul

    [Chorus]

    I got a friend named Ramblin’ Jack Writer/s: KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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