Watchin The World Go By

(album: Okemah Rising - 2023)

I been catching them freight trains
I been riding them railroads
I been sleeping in a boxcar
Watching, watching the world go by
Watching the world go by

I been walking them highways
I been hitting them back roads
I been sleeping in a haystack
Watching, watching the world go by
Watching the world go by

I been shingling a rooftop
I been tending to a new crop
I been eating from a bean pod
I been working on a new road
I been working on the railroad
But I can't ride on neither
I'm watching the world go by
Watching the world go by

I been picking in a pea patch
I been working on a fruit ranch
I been living in a pasture
Watching, watching the world go by
Watching the world go by

I been picking your lettuce
I been picking your maters
I been living on taters
Watching, watching the world go by
Watching the world go by

I been shingling a rooftop
I been tending to a new crop
I been eating from a bean pod
I been working on a new road
I been working on the railroad
But I can't ride on neither
I'm watching the world go by
Watching the world go by

Freight train, railroad, boxcar
Highway, back door, haystack
Pea patch, fruit ranch, pasture
New road, railroad, my road
I'm catching, riding, sleeping, walking
Hitting, picking, working, living
I'm watching the world go by
Watching the world go by
Watching the world go by