[Verse 1]
Watch my back and light my way (my travelling star, my travelling star)
Watch over all of those born St. Christopher's Day (old road dog, young runaway)
They hunger for home but they cannot stay
They wait by the door, they stand and they stare
They're already out of there, they're already out of there
My daddy used to ride the rails (so they say, so they say)
Soft as smoke and as tough as nails (Boxcar Jones, old walking man)
Coming back home was like going to jail
The sheets and the blankets and babies and all
No, he never did come back home, never that I recall

[Chorus]
Never mind the wind, never mind the rain, never mind the road leading home again
Never asking why, never knowing when, every now and then, there he goes again

[Verse 2]
She had a cat and a dog named Blue (my travelling star, my travelling star)
A big old stove and a fireplace, too (old road dog, young runaway)
She told me loved me like it was true
I knew I should stay, I knew I would go
Run, run, run away. Run, run, run away, boy

[Chorus]
Run before the wind, run before the rain, over yonder hill, just around the bend
Never knowing why, never knowing when, every now and then, there you go again
[Verse 3]
Tie me up and hold me down (oh, my traveling star)
Bury my feet down in the ground (oh, old road dog)
Claim my name from the lost and found and let me believe this is where I belong
Shame on me for sure for one more highway song
My travelling star, my travelling star