Cat. #0684 (MFH #477) - As sung by Tom Aley, Ozark, Missouri on February 8, 1969
VERSE 1
I've beat my way wherever any winds have blown
I've bummed along from Portland down t' San Antoin
From Sandy Hook t' Frisco, over gulch an' hill
Cause once ya get th habit, why ya can't stand still
VERSE 2
I've seen a lot a places that I'd like t' stay
Buts I gets t' feel'in restless an' I'm on my way
I'm a human bird a passage an' th song I trill
Is once ya get th habit why ya can't stand still
VERSE 3
I've settled down quite often and I says, says I
I'll never wander further, till I comes to die
But th wind did sorta chuckles, why course you will
An' sure enough I does it cause I can't stand still
VERSE 4
I've been in Richmonds houses, I've been in jail
But when its time for leav'n I just hits th trail
I'se never meant for sett'in on my own door still
Cause once ya get th habit, why ya can't keep still
Once ya get th habit, why ya can't sit still