Tom Paxton – I Cant Help But Wonder Where Im Bound (Guitar)

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It’s a long and a dusty road,

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it’s a hot and a heavy load,

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and the folks I meet ain’t always kind

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Some have done the best they could

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Some have tried to ease my troublin' mind

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And I can’t help but wonder where I’m bound,

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where I’m bound;   can’t help but wonder where I’m bound

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I have wandered through this land,

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just a-doin' the best I can,

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tryin' to find what I was meant to do

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And the people that I see look as worried as can be,

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and it looks like they are a-wonderin' too

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So I can’t help but wonder where I’m bound,

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where I’m bound;   can’t help but wonder where I’m bound

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Oh, I had a little girl one time,

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she had lips like a sherry wine,

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and she loved me til my head went plumb insane,

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she was driftin' away from me,

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and my good gal went off on the mornin train

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Now I can’t help but wonder where I’m bound,

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where I’m bound;   can’t help but wonder where I’m bound

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If you see me passin’ by and you stop and you wonder why,

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and you wish that you were a rambler too,

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Lace ‘em up and bar the door

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Thank your stars for the roof that’s over you

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‘cause I can’t help but wonder where I’m bound,

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where I’m bound; can’t help but wonder where I’m bound

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

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And I hear he's out by Frisco Bay.

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his old voice comes singin' through

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

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‘cause I can’t help but wonder where I’m bound,

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where I’m bound; can’t help but wonder where I’m bound