I've been down the Mississippi, down to New Orleans I've played in California, there ain't too much I haven't seen Lord, I'm a ramblin' man, don't fool around with a ramblin' man Left a girl in West Virginia, up there where the green grass grows Yes I did, got a girl in Cincinnati waitin' where the Ohio River flows Poor girl, well I'm a ramblin' man, don't give your heart to a ramblin' man You better move away, you're standin' too close to the flame Once I mess with your mind, your little heart won't beat the same I'm a ramblin' man, don't mess around with a ramblin' man Well up in Chicago, I was known as quite a boy Yes I was, and down in Alabama, they called me the man of joy Still do, well I'm a ramblin' man, don't fall in love with a ramblin' man You better move away, you're standin' too close to the flame Once I mess with your mind, your little heart won't beat the same Lord, I'm a ramblin' man, don't mess around with any old ramblin' man *