I'm a Drifter lyrics

You knew I could not stay for long when you asked me

To come over in the wee hours of the mornin'

I said I could not let the sunrise catch me sleepin'

And that is why I've given you fair warnin'

And though you might have loved me

Like I never, ever have been loved before

Your front door is open

And I've got to keep on movin'

So I will stay with you a while and then I'll

Let my hitch hike thumb take me to where I wanna

Because I've got to keep on searchin' for the dream that

I've been seekin' since I left my Oklahoma

And who's to say but that I might not be back tomorrow

If I find there's only sorrow

You may see me from your windowsill

Next mornin'

I'm a drifter and I've seen the rain

I'm a drifter and I've felt the pain,

The pain that comes with loneliness

So I drift from town to town searchin' all around

Lookin' for the answer to my sorrow

And if the answer is you then I'll be back tomorrow

Let's make the most of time before the break of day

But don't try to make me stay if I don't want to

Because I've got to keep on searchin' for that dream

And you can't bind me with the simple words, 'I love you'

But if I realize the dream that I've been searchin' for

Is waitin' here behind your door

Then I'll come back to stay if you still want me to

I'm a drifter and I've seen the rain

I'm a drifter and I've felt the pain,

The pain that comes with loneliness

So I drift from town to town searchin' all around

Lookin' for the answer to my sorrow

And if the answer is you then I'll be back tomorrow(2X)

• Artist:Bobby Goldsboro
• Album:Today (1969)