Well I feel like an old hobo, I'm sad lonesome and blue
I was fair as the summer day now the summer days are through
You pass through places and places pass through you
But you carry 'em with you on the souls of your travellin' shoes
Well I love you so dearly I love you so clearly
Wake you up in the mornin' so early
Just to tell you I got the wanderin' blues
I got the wanderin' blues
And i'm gonna quit these ramblin' ways one of these days soon
And I'll sing
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs...
Well it's times like these I feel so small and wild
Like the ramblin' footsteps of a wanderin' child
And i'm lonesome as a lonesome whippoorwill
Singin these blues with a warble and a trill
But i'm not too blue to fly
No i'm not too blue to fly cause
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs...
Well I love you so dearly I love you so fearlessly
Wake you up in the mornin' so early
Just to tell you I got the wanderin' blues
I got the wanderin' blues
And I don't wanna leave you I love you through and through
Oh I left my baby on a pretty blue train
And I sang my songs to the cold and the rain
I had the wanderin' blues
And I sang those wanderin' blues
And i'm gonna quit these ramblin' ways one of these days soon
And i'll sing
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs....
I don't care if the sun don't shine
I don't care if nothin' is mine
I don't care if I'm nervous with you
I'll do my lovin' in the wintertime
Pure Music
PM: Well, that's such a beautiful song, Jolie. Give me a little bit about writing that--about that night, or anything about it at all. That's just a wonderful song.
JH: It has some meanings in it that I don't know if most people get, even by the tenth listen, which is something I really appreciate about the song. And the song still has hidden or selective meanings that I'll get here and there. But it's basically this narrative about being a wandering dreamer. Samantha Parton and I wrote that song. The both of us were just compulsive wanderers for many years. And it's really beautiful, and you experience all these amazing kind of synchronicities, and you realize how interconnected everything is. You see all these beautiful things about the world, especially if you're going after finding amazing artists, which is kind of what the both of us do.
Like you go into a new town, and you find some people to work with, for instance. It was so cool to meet Samantha. She and I both had lived in all the same neighborhoods all across North America. Both of us had lived in New Orleans and Austin, and we knew all these people in common. It was really fantastic to meet her. She's an amazing person.
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