The Habit
Poem by Berton Braley, Music & additional Lyrics by Don Edwards
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I beat my way wherever any winds have blown
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I've bummed along from Portland down to San Antone
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From Shady Hook to Frisco, over plains and hills
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For once you get the Habit, you just can't keep still
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I've seen a lot of places where I'd like to stay
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I gets to feelin' restless, then I'm on my way
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I was never meant for sittin' on my own door sill
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For once you get the Habit, you just can't keep still
Chorus
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I ride wherever the wind blows
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I'm driftin' like a tumbleweed
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I'm just a wanderin troubador
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A song and my guitar is all I need
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I've been in rich men's houses and I've been in jail
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And when its time for leavin', I just hits the trail
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I'm a human bird of passage and the song I trill
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Is once you get the Habit, you just can't keep still
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Now the sun is sort of coaxin' and the road is clear
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And the wind is singin' ballads that I just gotta hear
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It ain't no use to argue when you feel the thrill
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For once you get the Habit, you just can't keep still
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE Repeat last line of chorus.
