Lynyrd Skynyrd - Hobo Kinda Man Lyrics






Around the time of the second world war
A new kind of man came through the door
I ain't looking for food
I'm looking for work
Not afraid to sweat - digging in the dirt
I ain't looking for a hand-out
But I'm willing to lend a hand to the man that pays me
Yes I am

Mr. Roosevelt, he understands I'm a hobo kinda man

I've been ridin' this train
I've been up all night
I'll be swinging that hoe before daylight
When the next box car comes along
I'll jump it and fight ya and call it my home
When the money runs out, so do I
I'll be ridin' these rails 'till times change and kill me
Yes I will

I never know where I am, hey, I'm a hobo kinda man
That's what I am

Those steel wheels-a-rollin'
Somewhere I feel me towing, I know
I can hear that whistle blowin'
Come tomorrow morning
I'll be gone
Yeah
Oh! I'm a hobo kinda man

I'm always leaving my wife and kids behind
Workin' somewhere on down the line
Every night I sleep in a different town
I never know, honey, where I'm bound

Livin' out of a suitcase
I changed from a train to a silver eagle
But I'm getting all I can
I'm a modern day hobo kinda man

These steel wheels-a-rollin'
Somewhere I feel me towing
I can hear that whistle blowin'
Come tomorrow morning
This old boy be gone
Yeah
I'm a hobo kinda man
That's what I am
I'm a hobo man
A movin' on down the line
A hobo man
Yeah, that's what I am

I'm a hobo man





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  1. N.... o....

    THIS song is NOT about guns at all. It's a song about the hobos of old times (think late 1920ies onwards..) and how being a touring musician sometimes feels like being a hobo as well.. one of Johnny Van Zants lyrics I like very much.

  2. S.... K....

    Why don't all you pieces of shit that don't have anything good to say about skynyrd or their music just shut the hell up. It's great music. Enjoy it.

  3. r.... ....

    I'm old school RVZ Skynyrd, but gotta admit this is a good tune :)

    Still using the name of Ronnies band...nah not good, but hell if they called it something we'd all know was from the family tree so to speak it would probably even sell better.

    r.... ....

    Interesting idea with that band name thing.. not sure it would sell better, though..

  4. D.... ....

    Jonny LaRock, don't be so stupid. Think about what you say before you type it. If everyone got rid of their guns, only criminals would have them. The only way to protect law abiding citizens from gun toting criminals is to simply allow the citizens the right to carry and use a firearm themselves! Also, if you don't like Lynyrd Skynyrd or their new album, take your opinions somewhere else. If you would apply your theory on throwing all weapons to the bottom of the sea to your OPINIONS THAT NOBODY ASKED FOR, then this comment page wouldn't have got on so many people's nerves. This section is for people who like the music to write praise to the amazing artists who can do so much more than you can do.

    D.... ....

    +Austin51798 I agree and it looks like you scared ole sissy, tight jeans wearing, Jonny LaRock right off the page. Who Dat!!!

    D.... ....

    As my dad said... if guns were outlawed only outlaws would have guns

  5. T.... B....

    sequel to the Railroad Song!

    T.... B....

    Yeah, kind of.. ;-)

  6. W.... T....

    how the hell is this top comment?

  7. j.... r....

    My opinion is that the new Skynyrd has The best lyrics ever!!!

    j.... r....

    Not so sure about that ... RVZ was a legend lyricist, and JVZ is a solid lyricist, but not as good as RVZ with that ..

  8. D.... ....

    I like the discription of this vid..... :D

  9. R.... R....

    the translation of what @Hoegnison said: what a nice song for driving a car while getting a BJ and beeing totaly wasted

  10. G.... ....

    this is THE BEST WORKIN MAN SONG EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

  11. B.... C....

    Você diz Bruno Mars, eu digo Guns n' Roses

    Você diz que Miley Cyrus, eu digo Aerosmith

    Você diz Owl City, eu digo Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Você diz Jonas Brothers, eu digo Nirvana

    Você diz Taylor Swift, eu digo AC \ DC

    Você diz Justin Bieber, eu digo Fuck You

    95% dos adolescentes nos dias de hoje ouvir o mesmo pop. Se você é um dos 5% que ainda ouve a música real, este polegar para cima, em seguida, copiar e colá-lo a pelo menos em cinco videos. Não deixe que o espírito do rock and roll morrer!!

    B.... C....

    didn't understand a word but you mentioned some bands i like so I'll leave a like

  12. p.... ....

    Lynyrd Skynyrd does'nt use bad language "Airsoftslave"

  13. G.... ....

    this is a song for the workin man!!

  14. c.... ....

    I could totally see Ronnie belting out this one, but I don't know about the rest of the album.

  15. D.... W....

    @jk28416 man they'd string your ass up for saying such shit as that ,back in the day. it would be like : get the rope:this country was founded on those exact things god and guns along with a whole lotta blood guts and ole glory. ya'll don't think ronnie vanzant didn't have a few guns of his own then ya'll mo fo's need to crawl back in that hole u came from and they oughta slap yo mama for having you and yo daddy for fucking yo mama

  16. D.... W....

    ok wise ass,this was ronnies words too i got my pistols in my pocket boys i'm alabame bound.i'm not lookin for no trouble but nobody dogs me round. or " i'm gonna get my pistol girl. i'm gonna shoot you and end your world.things goin on was about a lot of things going on back then ,mostly a stab at the government of those times and how they were runnin the country in the ground to much money spent cross the ocean to much money spent up on the moon and my long hair didnt have shit to do withwar

    D.... W....

    Ronnie was ambivalent about the gun thing..

  17. D.... W....

    stupid fuck,it's exactly the same.only a few names change as time passes by.thank god they pick the pieces up and let the free birds fly. i've been listening since i was 9 yrs old way back in 74 and if i live to be100 i'll still be wanting more. screw all you na sayers you obviously know nothing about the music or you lost your fucking minds. skynyrds still skynyrd and i hope its many yrs before that last curtians call.lets see ronnie,steve,casey,allen,leon and billy bet they're up their jammin

  18. C.... C....

    It's not a bad song in fact I like it but it's just not the same

  19. J.... L....

    @AigisFan I've made my point quite clearly below, the song is about weapons and idiots that tote them when they get drunk/mad, ain't gonna do nobody any good.

    J.... L....

    Talking about the song "Saturday Night Special"?

  20. B.... M....

    @jk28416 Saturday Night Special is actually about concealled weapons and pocket pistols,google Saturday Night Special it actually is a weapon. personally i prefer a nice .45 revolver to a little toy pistol

  21. m.... ....

    Wizard663, like it or not Skynyrd started as an anti viet nam war band that took their biggest influence from the Beatles (according to Gary Rossington). They grew their hair long (THE symbol for being anti-war in the mid-70s) and would have to throw down with the National Guardsmen that would show up at the bars they were playing because of their hair. LOOK at the lyrics from First... and Last. Things Going On, Lend a Helping Hand, ect. Look at the early lyrics.

    m.... ....

    I would not define early Skynyrd as an "anti vietnam war band"... they were not for that war I guess (which was far away from home), and I think that they always had a heart for those soldiers that (had to) put their lives on the line. It is true that they had trouble with very conservative people because of the long hair, and I always think that southern rock helped to form a "new South", in a sense that it was ok to have long hair and to play music in bands that mix black and white people (like in the Allman Brothers), but still be southern to the bone.

  22. J.... L....

    @wizard663 what about 'things goin' on' lyrics about ending the war in Viet nam, 'Mr Banker' they were for the workers, and part of the hippy movement, makes them left wing dude, 'hand guns are made for killing ain't no use for nothing else' 'why don't we dump all are weapons to the bottom of the sea' from 'Saturday night special', that's what Ronnie Van Zant thought.

    J.... L....

    Yeah, that is what Ronnie thought, and in a way he was hippie, but he also was very much a southern man raised by his father Lacy, and Ronnie definetely was ambivalent regarding the gun thing..

  23. k.... ....

    very stand up Thats what I expect from Lynyrd

  24. J.... Z....

    Skynyrd's back! This is great!

  25. L.... ....

    They say Skynyrd isnt "skynyrd" anymore....bullshit, I could easily see Ronnie singing this

  26. R.... J....

    LOVE IT!

  27. R.... J....

    This whole album rocks!!
    Listen to the words!!

  28. T.... G....

    Thanks bro :-))

  29. T.... B....

    aw hell, if that ain't skynyrd popye's a punk

  30. s.... ....

    I saw Skynyrd in Salisbury, MD., on 10/16/09. They were tight as always, but I was disappointed that they didn't play longer. They played for just a little over an hour.