[Verse 1]
Well they say you live and learn, but it really seems more to me
Like all along I've been learning how to live
Well, for years I've been drifting like a boat lost out at sea
I've been out walking them ties on the railroad of sin

[Verse 2]
Well, looking back on my life now at some of the things I done
Makes me wanna hang my head in shame
I was a no-good, no-account, low-down heartbreaker
On that railroad of sin, I was a highballing train

[Chorus]
I'm just a poor boy, had to beg, steal, and borrow
Just a leaf blowing lonesome in the wind
I'm just a hitchhiker on that old highway of sorrow
Just a highballing train on the railroad of sin

[Solo]
Woo!

[Verse 2]
Well, you won't feel it and you won't hear it coming
Well, 'cause when she's rolling slow it, don't make a sound
But I got that throttle to ten on the railroad of sin
Going off of the rails and I can't slow it down
[Chorus]
I'm just a poor boy, had to beg, steal, and borrow
Just a leaf blowing lonesome in the wind
I'm just a hitchhiker on that old highway of sorrow
Just a highballing train on the railroad of sin

[Chorus]
I'm just a poor boy, had to beg, steal, and borrow
Just a leaf blowing lonesome in the wind
I'm just a hitchhiker on that old highway of sorrow
Just a highballing train on the railroad of sin