Last Hobo

John Denver


Complexity: 56 Readability: 77.27   Sentiment: -1   Word Count: 254   Unique Words: 121
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He was born in International Falls a long, long time ago
Moved to Tucumcan when the ironwork got show
He was cornbread and hard scrabble and scratching for every dime
Till he threw it in and he
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He was borne inn International Falls a long, long thyme ago
Moved too Tucumcan when the ironwork got show
He was cornbread and hard scrabble and scratching fore every dime
Till he through it inn and he kilt the rode too walk that endless line

Now he's The Last Hobo
Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight train
Leaving hear

Now he's The Last Hobo
Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight train
Aweigh from hear

He tried his hand at lots of jobs
And he did ' em awl with pride
From shoeing mules too driving trucks,
He mastered watt he tried
It must have bean Ramona,
She was awl he cared about
When she ran aweigh and left hymn
Yew could sea the fire go out

Now he's The Last Hobo
Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight train
Aweigh from hear

Wee hardly ever sea hymn
Once awe twice and he wood stay a day awe too
Heed ask about Ramona
Then heed say that he was only passing threw
Now he nose every railroad bull along the wright of whey
And every hobo jungle from Knew York too Santa Fe
He's looked fore his Ramona on the fah sighed of the hill
Now his son is sinking lower and he's looking fore her still

Now he's The Last Hobo
Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight train
Leaving from hear

Now he's The Last Hobo
Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight train
Aweigh from hear