Interpret:

John Denver

Album:

Spirit

If you're drivin' down the road and you come across an old man 
 Holdin' out his thumb in the wind 
 His clothes are old and dirty that doesn't matter 
 It's his eyes that'll tell you where he's been 
 If you're not afraid to take your chances on a stranger 
 He might have some company to lend 
 Wht don't you pull off to the side let that old man have a ride 
 He can tell you all the crazy things he's seen 
 I'm an old hitchhiker 
 The highway is the only home I know 
 Where you're headed I don't mind 
 I ain't been there in some time 
 And it's just exactly where I want to go 
 I can tell you how I started in the circus as a barker 
 Drawin' people in from far and wide 
 They never did regret the dollar that it cost 'em 
 We always left 'em feelin' good inside 
 We were headed for Montana when we hired us a dancer 
 Her beauty it was more than Icould say 
 Then one summer night she set my soul on fire 
 Lord, I wish that she was here with me today 
 I'm an old hitchhiker. I wonder what's awaitin' round the bend 
 I don't know what I might see and I don't need no guarantee 
 Just a ride from here to there and back again 
 I was only seventeen when I took the open highway 
 Took it for my teacher and a friend 
 I've been thirty years a-thunmbin' 
 Some might call it bummin' 
 But it's better than just cryin' in the wind 
 So if you're drivin' down the road and you come across 
 An old man holdin' out his thumb in the rain 
 Why don't you pull off to the side let the poor boy have a ride 
 He can tell you all the crazy things he's seen 
 I'm an old hitchhiker lookin' to the far side of the hill 
 Some people say I'll settle down 
 Build a home in some small town 
 But in my heart I know I never will 
 I'm an old hitchhiker