Name: The Hobo's Hideaway [SHADOW]
Duration: P00H03M51S
Description: Lots of songs about hobos have been written, and this is my entry to that canon. This song is about a bonafide bibliophile who rides the rails.

Phlub - The Hobo's Hideaway [SHADOW]

from SpinTunes 20 Round 4 by Spintunes

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Lots of songs about hobos have been written, and this is my entry to that canon. This song is about a bonafide bibliophile who rides the rails.

lyrics

Riding the tracks with no room in his pack
for nothing besides what he needs
With his camp stove a burning his mind’s got a yearning
To get himself something to read
The wheels keep on turning and he never stops learning
He’s the most well read hobo around
He’s a man full of grit with a craving for lit
That’s a story he’ll never put down

Now a hobo can’t get a library card cause he don’t have a fixed address
It’s an unpleasant fact that a man on the tracks
Can’t check a book out like the rest

The hobo
His lifestyle’s such that he don’t carry much
But the tales in his mind make him rich
He isn’t well fed but he’s surely well read
Cause a library sure beats a ditch
He travels around, going from town to town
His purpose in life is to roam
To me it is flagrant that this kind of vagrant
Should call the library home

Now a hobo can’t get library card cause he don’t have a fixed address
It’s an unpleasant fact that a man on the tracks can’t check out a book like the rest
He feeds his addiction to history and fiction as he pores through old stories of trains
It’s a hard life done well as he gets the tales
Direct from the page to the brain

[ instrumental]

The hobo
Though he wanders about they won’t kick him out
He can read the books at his own pace
It’s a great place for bumming, it’s got indoor plumbing
And a sink for washing his face
When winter comes round and the temperature’s down
The libraries cozy inside
With so many classics it sure is fantastic
It’s tough for a man to decide

Now a hobo can’t get library card cause he don’t have a fixed address
It’s an unpleasant fact that a man on the tracks can’t check out a book like the rest
He feeds his addiction to history and fiction as he pores through old stories of trains
It’s a hard life done well as he gets the tales
Direct from the page to the brain

credits

from SpinTunes 20 Round 4, released May 2, 2023

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