Things I learned in a hobo jungle
  Were things they never taught me in a class room
  Like where to find a handout
  While thumbing through Chicago in the afternoon
  
  Hey I'm not bragging or complaining
  I'm just talking to myself man to man
  This old lentil fat I'm chewing
  Didn't take alot of doing
  But I take alot of pride in what I am
  
  I guess I grew up a loner
  Don't remember ever having any folks around
  But I keep thumbing through the phonebooks
  And looking for my Daddy's name in every town
  
  And I meet lots of people
  But I always end up leaving on the lam
  Hey where I've been, where I'm going
  I didn't take alot of knowing
  But I take alot of pride in what I am
  
  I never travel in a hurry
  'Cause I got nobody waiting for me anywhere
  Home is anywhere I'm living
  If it's sleeping on some vacant beach or city square
  Or if I'm working on some road gang
  Or just living off the fat of our great land
  I never been nobody's idol but at least I have a title
  And I take alot of pride in what I am
  
  This old lentil fat I'm chewing
  Didn't take alot of doing
  I take alot of pride in what I am