So Me and Billy bought an old lady chain We hitched a ride, took a fast moving train Got to the top with our heads spinning round You never know just what you've got until you're coming back Down on the farmland, Mississippi shade The folks down there, they told me take it day by day Walk the earth before I sleep But before I get my peace I walk for years I can rest my fears I got a long way to go before I reach the light of day Monkeys on my back, I gotta find a better way Same old story, never get just what you want The more you got, the more you want Sometimes you do and then you don't I guess I've always been a traveling man Cause when I'm moving I can make a stand And walk the earth before I sleep But before I get my peace I walk for years I can rest my fears Don't know where I'm going but I know where I've been Look around me, everybody's trying to win Walk the earth before I sleep Walk the earth before I sleep Walk the earth before I sleep I guess I've always been a traveling man Cause when I'm moving I can make a stand Walk the earth before I sleep But before I get my peace I walk for years I can rest my fears Walk the earth before I sleep But before I get my peace I walk for years I can rest my fears Before I sleep But before I get my peace