It's a long and dusty road, a hot and a heavy load

The folks I meet ain't always kind

Some are bad and some are good

Some have done the best they could

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 wanderin' through this land, doin' the best I can

Tryin' 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 wonderin' 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

Now I had a little girl one time, she had lips like sherry wine

And she loved me 'til my head went plumb insane

But I was too blind to see she was driftin' away from me

And my good gal went off on the mornin' 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

And I had a buddy way back home, but he started out to roam

And I hear he's out by Frisco Bay

And sometimes when I've had a few, his old voice comes a-ringin' through

And I'm goin' out to see him some old day

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 if you see me passin' by and you sit and you wonder why

And you wish that you were a rambler 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