You said, "Please come to Boston
For the spring time"
You're staying there with friends
And they've got lots of room
I can sell my paintings on the sidewalk
By a cafe where you hope to be
Working soon
You said, "Please come to Boston"
I said, "No, boy
Would you come home to me?"
Hey, rambling boy
Why don't you settle down?
Boston ain't your kind of town
There ain't no gold
And there ain't nobody like me
I'm the number one fan
Of the man from Tennessee
You said, "Please come to Denver
With the snow fall"
We'll move up into the mountains
So far that we can't be found
And though "I love you" echoes down the canyon
And then lie awake at night
Until they all come back around
You said, "Please come to Denver"
I said, "No, boy
Would you come home to me?"
Hey, rambling boy
Why don't you settle down?
Denver ain't your kind of town
There ain't no gold
And there ain't nobody like me
I'm the number one fan
Of the man from Tennessee
Now this drifter's world
Goes round and round
And I doubt that it's ever gonna stop
But of all the dreams
You've lost and found
And all that you ain't got
You still need to lean to
Somebody you can sing to
You said, "Please come to LA
To live forever
California life alone
Is just too hard to build"
You live in a house
That looks out over the ocean
And there's some stars that fell from the sky
And they're living up on the hill
You said, "Please come to LA"
I said, "No, boy
Won't you come home to me?"
Hey, rambling boy
Why don't you settle down?
LA ain't your kind of town
There ain't no gold
And there ain't nobody like me
I'm the number one fan
Of the man from Tennessee
I'm the number one fan
Of the man from Tennessee