He's got that funny name
An' ramblin' that's his game, that's it
He's Rambo, talkin' bout

Me!
We'll see (Piano)
They call him Rambo 'cause he's travellin'

He don't stay one place
His life's a string he keeps unravellin'
He don't leave no trace

He's got a yen for changin' places
He digs changin' scenes
That way he stays in everybody's good graces


He's happy on the move
He's mobile and free

He wants no strings attached
That's how it's gotta be, see!
He'll keep on ramblin' till the coda

He don't stay one place
Because he's just a ramblin' man
His favorite hobby's hittin' the road

He was a fella livin' solely by the ramblers only code
Some people're born to roam
Fate gave 'em roamin' natures


An' so they wander aroun'
Leavin' people wondrin' when they'll touch the groun'

Hither 'n yon, here 'n beyon'
Wherever they never been before
As soon as you're used t'their face


They're off 'n runnin' again
Gone to another new place

Peripatetic is the only word
that I have ever heard that people could use
that really describes him

There's no other word could do that
Only other word I know that comes
The closest to it is "Gypsy"

An' that don't really fit him at all
"Cause he ain't tellin' fortunes
'N hates bein' dipsy

Everywhere I go they call him Rambo
'Cause he won't stay long


In my ramblin'
I've met a lotta people here 'n there
An' I find they're 'bout the same everywhere

Each with his own little thing
That he uses while he's tryin' to swing
Maybe the look ain't the same

But they play the same game
An' there's quite a bit o' difference
In their outlook, I know

Still 'n yet, their story, lem'me tell you
Is a story that you won't forget
When I was young 'n very green

I felt so stuck with m'present situation
Later, when I got a little older
that was when I discovered I could split

'N find myself another groove
That was all I need
I was on the move

I packed my little sack 'n started ramblin'
To this day I'm a rover who'll always be ramblin'


You git drug stayin' in one place
Depressed an' feelin' low down
Get new kicks movin' roun'


Roamin' the country's educational for you
'N widens your point of view

Tests y' mettle 'n cools y' mind out
'N that's true without a doubt
Y know? I mean y'dig - -

That's Rambo's gig
Rambo is ready to ramble 'n itchin' t'split
Oh yeah, he'll start packin' 'n quit it
Forget it! 'Cause he's done with it


That's Rambo! Travellin' light
Stay too long he'll git uptight
So his motto is "Keep movin'"
You got it! That's his bit!
Nex' time he might leave an address

'Cause the little girl that he met
Las' night
Paid him so much attention
That it got him a bit uptight
We might not have t'call him Rambo

'Cause he jes' might be settlin' down
He's gone the way of all men
Fat, skinny or tall men
It happened to this Rover we know - Rambo