| Hey, go to sleep you weary hobo
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| Hey, let the towns go drifting by Hey, can’t you hear the steel rail humming?
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| Well, that’s a hobo’s lullaby
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| I know your clothes are torn and ragged
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| Hey, and your hair is turning gray
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| Hey, lift your head and smile at trouble
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| Hey, you’ll find peace and rest some day
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| Now go to sleep you weary hobo
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| Hey, let the towns drift slowly by Hey, can’t you hear the steel rail humming?
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| Hey, that’s a hobo’s lullaby
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| My, don’t you worry about tomorrow
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| Just let tomorrow come and go
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| 'Cause tonight you’re in a nice warm boxcar
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| Hey, safe from all that wind and snow
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| Now go to sleep you weary hobo
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| Hey, let the towns drift slowly by Hey, can’t you hear the steel rail humming?
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| Hey, that’s a hobo’s lullaby
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| Hey, I know police they cause you trouble
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| Hey, they cause trouble everywhere
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| But when you die and go to heaven
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| You’ll find no policemen there
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| So go to sleep you weary hobo
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| Hey, let the towns drift slowly by Hey, can’t you hear the steel rail humming?
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| Hey, that’s a hobo’s lullaby
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| Hey, now go to sleep you weary hobo
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| Hey, let the towns drift slowly by Can’t you hear the steel rail humming?
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| Well, that’s a hobo’s lullaby |