Free and easy, that's my styleHowdy-do me, watch me smileFare-thee-well me after a while'Cause I gotta roamAnd any place I hang my hat is homeSweetenin' water, cherry wineThank you kindly, suits me fineKansas City, CarolineThat's my honeycomb'Cause any place I hang my hat is homeBirds roostin' in a treePick up and go, and the goin' provesThat's how it oughta beI pick up too when the spirit moves me(I go where it behoves 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 isNo matter where that is'Cause any place I hang my hat is home