I never live my life through other people's eyes
  I guess I've always been the one they said was
  Too tall, too late, too early
  Yeah, he's the one
  You ought to be in the circus
  You're having too much fun
  
  Just a one-man band, a one man gypsy circus
  Finding out each piece of the puzzle has a purpose
  Drifting and dreaming
  Yeah, that must be my fate
  Always grinning down the devil's throat
  Blazing with aces and eights
  
  And I was contrary to ordinary
  Even as a child
  Fast freights made me wonder
  The full moon still drives me wild
  And stories do come true
  You just got to live your life in episodes
  With one eye on a lady
  And one eye still on that open road
  
  And when I die don't put no tombstone on my grave
  Just have my friends throw a great big party
  Toss my ashes out across the waves
  Don't bring no preacher man down
  Just to tighten up my past
  Just tell 'em how I like to live
  I like to make sing and dance and laugh
  
  And I was contrary to ordinary
  Even as a child
  Fast freights made me wonder
  Full moons still drive me wild
  And stories do come true
  If you live your life in episodes
  With one eye on a lady
  And one eye on that open road