Lyrics

Walkin’ Man Guy Clark & Steve Nelson

What's up with the walkin' man
Wonder where he's gone
Marchin' down in Birmingham
I think I'll tag along

Was a walkin’ man come by here
About a hundred years ago
Walkin' down the trail of tears
Out to Oklahom-i-o
Out to Oklahome

         Hand me down my walkin' shoes
         Hand me down my cane
   Pack me up these my mandolin
         And I'll be on my way
         Hey, sure does look like rain

Woody Guthrie was a walkin’ man
In the dust bowl days
Six string guitar in his hands
Kill a fascist every day

Chuck Berry is a walkin’ man
So was Gandhi too
Put me on my old Brogans
Ain’t nothin’ left to do
I’m goin’ walkin’ too

         Hand me down my walkin' shoes
         Hand me down my cane
   Pack me up some talkin’ blues
         And I'll be on my way
         Hey, sure does smell like rain

         If I had shoes like a walkin’ man
         Tell you what I’d do
         I’d walk away and not come back
         ‘Til I got to Katmandu-dah—do--dah
         All the do dah day

©2005 Nelsounds (SESAC)/ EMI April Music Inc (ASCAP)