Only a Hobo (Witmark Demo - 1963) - Bob Dylan
Written by:Bob Dylan
As I was out walking on a corner one day
I spied an old hobo in a doorway he lay
His face was all grounded in the cold sidewalk floor
And I guess he'd been there for the whole night
Or more
Only a hobo but one more is gone
Leavin' nobody to sing his sad song
Leavin' nobody to carry him home
Only a hobo but one more is gone
A blanket of newspaper covered his head
As the curb was his pillow the street was his
Bed
One look at his face showed the hard road he'd
Come
And a fistful of coins showed the money he bummed
His only a hobo but one more is gone
Leavin' nobody to sing his sad song
And leavin' nobody to carry him home
Only a hobo but one more is gone
Does it take much of a man to see his
Whole life go down
To look up on the world from a hole in
The ground
To wait for your future like a horse that's gone
Lame
To lie in the gutter and die with no name
It's only a hobo but one more is gone
Leavin' nobody to sing his sad song
Leavin' nobody to carry him home
Only a hobo but one more is gone