Free and easy, that's my style; Howdydo me, watch me smile, But fare-the-well me after a while 'Cause I gotta roam, And any place I hang my hat is home. Sweetenin' water, cherry wine Thank you kindly, suits me fine. Kansas City, Caroline, That's my honeycomb 'Cause any place I hang my hat is home. Bridge: Birds roostin' in a tree, Pick up and go, and the goin' proves That's how it oughta to be; I pick up, too, when the spirit moves me. Cross the river, 'round the bend, "Hello stranger!" "So long friend!" There's a voice in the lonesome wind That keeps whisp'ring, "Roam!" I'm going where a welcome mat is, No matter where that is, 'Cause any place I hang my hat is home