The Drifter Songtext
von Long John Baldry

I′m just a drifter
I go from place to place
I'm just a drifter
Nobody knows my face
And when I go into a town
The people there they try and put me down
They say, "Hey drifter
We don′t want your kind around"
So I go my way back to the highway
I'm just a drifter
Out in this world alone
I'm just a drifter
No place to call my home
I see lovers pass me by
I watch them all with a tear in my eye
I can′t help feeling
How lucky they are
Laughing and talking as they go walking
And then at night
Stars are so bright


I see your face before me
It brings back the memory
Of days gone by
Of you and I
And then I cry
Whoa, how I cry
Oh, I′m just a drifter
I go from town to town
I'm just a drifter
But I wasn′t always down
'Cause once I had a love by my side
A love so strong that money couldn′t buy
But Heaven called and took her away
Out of my arms and left me to wander
I'm just a drifter
I go from town to town
I′m just a drifter
But I wasn't always down
I'm just a drifter
I go from town to town