How you wondered and you worshiped and resolved to break each ban
That would keep you from becoming, some day too, a Traveling Man.
Never seemed he ever worried, life to him was always bright
For you’d seen him in the morning and you’d seen him late at night:
Altho’ he was always working you could always see his smile
Wasn’t put on—just came natural, catchy, bubbling all the while;
You resolved to be just like him, now deny it if you can,
Your day dreams were filled with longing just to be a Traveling Man.
Years have passed—you’ve lived to see all your boyhood dreams come true
And now you’re doing daily all the things he used to do;