I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound - Tom Paxton

It's a long and a dusty road, a hot and heavy load And the folks that I meet ain't always kind Some are bad, some are good Some have done the best they could And some have tried to ease my troubled mind And I can't help but wonder where I'm bound, where I'm bound Can't help but wonder where I'm bound I've been wandering through this land just doing the best I can Trying to find what I was meant to do And the people that I see look as worried as can be And it looks like they are wandering too And I can't help but wonder where I'm bound, where I'm bound Can't help but wonder where I'm bound Well, I had a little girl one time, she had lips like sherry wine And she loved me till my head went plumb insane But I was too blind to see she was drifting away from me And my good gal went off on the morning train And I can't help but wonder where I'm bound, where I'm bound Can't help but wonder where I'm bound If you see me passing by and you sit and you wonder why And you wish that you were rambling too Nail your shoes to the kitchen floor, lace 'em up and bar the door Thank your stars for the roof that's over you And I can't help but wonder where I'm bound, where I'm bound Can't help but wonder where I'm bound I can't help but wonder where I'm bound, where I'm bound Can't help but wonder where I'm bound

(Daryl Burgess/Tom Britt) Can you hear it cross the valley Can you hear that mournful sound I'm riding rails of silver Going to where I'm bound High above the fields of clover On a lazy, hot July When I get to where I'm going I'll hold my head up high I will roll across these mountains I will take the last train out Riding rails of silver Going to where I'm bound Roses, dust and ashes Throw them where I lay And if by chance you see me There'll be no sorrow on my face For I will see the beauty I only wish that you could see I'll leave my body weakened I'll leave my soul to wander free, so free So if you should see a diamond Fall down from the sky Its just a teardrop From the corner of my eye As good-bye, as I fly To where I'm bound

I can't help but wait Oh, I Can't help but wait Check it out, uh I see you, you with him He ain't right but you don't trip You stand by while he lies Then turn right 'round and forgive I can't take to see your face With those tears runnin' down your cheeks But what can I do I gotta stay true 'Cause deep down, I'm still a G And I don't want to come between you and your man Even though I know I treat you better than he can Girl, I can't help but wait 'Til you get back with him, it don't change Can't help but wait 'Til you see that with me, it ain't the same Can't help but wait 'Til you see you for what you really are Baby girl, you are a star And I can't help but wait It ain't fresh to just let him call the shots You're a queen, you should be Gettin' all that someone's got You should be rockin' the latest in purses Bracelets and watches You're worth much more than an occasional I love you, I'm thinking of you And I don't wanna come between you and your man, no Even though I know I treat you better than he can Girl, I can't help but wait 'Til you get back with him, it don't change Can't help but wait 'Til you see that with me, it ain't the same Can't help but wait 'Til you see you for what you really are Baby girl, you are a star And I can't help but wait Get it together You can do better Seein's believin And I see what you need so I'm gon' play my position Let you catch what you've been missing I'm calling out Girl, 'cause I can't help but wait 'Til you get back with him, it don't change Can't help but wait 'Til you see that with me, it ain't the same Can't help but wait 'Til you see you for what you really are Baby girl, you are a star And I can't help but wait 'Til you get back with him, it don't change Can't help but wait 'Til you see that with me, it ain't the same Can't help but wait 'Til you see you for what you really are Baby girl, you are a star And I can't help but wait Oh-ho-ho-oh, can't help but wait I can't help but wait Oh, oh, oh Can't help wait No, no, no