Pulling Up My Roots Again

I'm pulling up my roots again
I'm going where I've never been
I'm gonna find some fertile soil
And settle down again
I'm going where the folks don't know me
I'm on nobody's mind
I'm pulling up my roots again
I'm wasting no more time

I'm pulling up my roots again
This town done run it's course
I'm going where the wind will blow
Hey maybe this time north
I'm going where the days are cooler
And the nighttimes warm
I'm pulling up my roots again
I'm heading somewhere far

The ground that I've been planted on
Is done supporting me
The rain don't fall on me no more
No sunshine do I see
It's time to get on out the door
And stake another claim
Far away where no one cares
Maybe I'll change my name

I'm pulling up my roots again
I'm getting awfully tired
Of working for somebody else
Of getting hired and fired
I'm going on a little journey
And maybe stay a while
I'm pulling up my roots again
Another thousand miles

I'm pulling up my roots again
I'll maybe stay a while
I'm pulling up my roots again
Another thousand miles