Truckin' - got my chips cashed in

Keep Truckin - like the doodah man

Together - more or less in line

Just keep Truckin on



Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street

Chicago, New York, Detroit it's all on the same street

Your typical city involved in a typical daydream

Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings





Dallas - got a soft machine

Houston - too close to New Orleans

New York - got the ways and means

but just won't let you be





Most of the cats you meet on the street speak of True Love

Most of the time they're sittin and cryin at home

One of these days they know they gotta get goin

out of the door and down to the street all alone





Truckin - like the doodah man

once told me you got to play your hand

sometime - the cards ain't worth a dime

if you don't lay em down





Sometimes the light's all shining on me

Other times I can barely see

Lately it occurs to me

What a long strange trip it's been





What in the world ever became of sweet Jane?

She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same

Living on reds, vitamin C and cocaine

all a friend can say is "ain't it a shame"





Truckin' -- up to Buffalo

Been thinkin - you got to mellow slow

Takes time - you pick a place to go

and just keep Truckin on





Sitting and staring out of a hotel window

Got a tip they're gonna kick the door in again

I'd like to get some sleep before I travel

but if you got a warrant I guess you're gonna come in





Busted - down on Bourbon Street

Set up - like a bowling pin

Knocked down - it gets to wearing thin

They just won't let you be





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