I've been down the Mississippi, down through New Orleans I've played in California, there ain't too much I haven't seen I'm a ramblin' man Don't fool around with a ramblin' man Left a girl in West Virginia Up there where the green grass grows Got a girl in Cincinnati, waitin' where the Ohio River flows I'm a ramblin' man Don't give your heart to a ramblin' man Chorus: You better move away You're standing too close to the flame Once I mess with your mind Your little heart won't be the same I'm a ramblin' man Don't mess around with a ramblin' man Well, up in Chicago I was known as quite a boy Down in Alabama they call me the man of joy I'm a ramblin' man Don't fall in love with a ramblin' man Chorus I'm a ramblin' man Don't mess around with a ramblin' man ©Sony/ATV Songs LLC dba Tree Publishing Co