here's to the nomads

got myself a threadbare gypsy soul
likes to dance and drink and go wherever the wind blows
got a little threadbare gypsy soul
got a little threadbare gypsy soul

got a little wild streak in my heart
i guess that i have had it since i heard the music start
i got a little wild streak in my heart
got a little threadbare gypsy soul

i like to hear the highway sounds
and i don't think that i'll ever settle down
i can't change and it's a sin
hope st. peter gonna let me in
come on, pete, won't you let me in?

i wear this cowboy hat upon my head
and you can take it off me sometime after i am dead
got a cowboy hat upon my head
got a little threadbare gypsy soul

i wear these crusty shoes down on my feet
i could write a book about the places they have seen
i got these crusty shoes down on my feet
i got a little wild streak in my heart

and i know this crazy livin just ain't right
most of the time i'm smoking, drinking, looking for a fight
but i've been talking to Jesus every day
well i've been talking to Jesus every day

and i got this girl back home i call my wife
if you ever met her i swear she would change your life
she's got a little wild streak in her heart
but she's been sayin hallelujah every day

-pat green, "threadbare gypsy soul"