Truckin', got my chips cashed in
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Keep truckin', like the do-dah man
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Together, more or less in line
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Just keep truckin' on
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Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street
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Chicago, New York, Detroit and it's all on the same street
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Your typical city involved in a typical daydream
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Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings
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Dallas, got a soft machine
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Houston, too close to New Orleans
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New York got the ways and means
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But just won't let you be
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Most of the cats that you meet on the street speak of true love
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Most of the time, they're sittin' and cryin' at home
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One of these days they know they better be goin'
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Out of the door and down to the street all alone
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Truckin', like the do-dah man
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Once told me, "You've got to play your hand"
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Sometimes the cards ain't worth a dime
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If you don't lay 'em down
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Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me
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Other times, I can barely see
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Lately, it occurs to me
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What a long, strange trip it's been
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What in the world ever became of sweet Jane?
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She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same
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Livin' on reds, vitamin C, and cocaine
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All a friend can say is, "Ain't it a shame?"
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Truckin', up to Buffalo
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Been thinkin', you got to mellow slow
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It takes time, you pick a place to go
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And just keep truckin' on
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Sittin' and starin' out of the hotel window
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Got a tip they're gonna kick the door in again
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I'd like to get some sleep before I travel
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But if you got a warrant, I guess you're gonna come in
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Busted, down on Bourbon Street
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Set up, like a bowlin' pin
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Knocked down, it gets to wearin' thin
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They just won't let you be
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You're sick of hangin' around and you'd like to travel
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Get tired of travelin', you want to settle down
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I guess they can't revoke your soul for tryin'
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Get out of the door and light out and look all around
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Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me
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Other times, I can barely see
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Lately, it occurs to me
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What a long, strange trip it's been
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Truckin', I'm a goin' home
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Whoa, whoa, baby, back where I belong
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Back home, sit down and patch my bones
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And get back truckin' on
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