Lyrics (#individ) Back to listing Parent individual File Woody and Me and the Truth Lyrics Woody and Me and the Truth Paul Reisler, Natalia Zukerman and Grymes 5th Grade [verse] The stock market crashed Faster than a freight train flyin down a mountain All I had left was my guitar and my heart And a few lumps of coal and one lonesome penny Fingers so cold, my stomach running on empty [chorus] I jumped a freight train carrying a stick And my beat-up old guitar Times were tough, things got rough But that’s just the way things are Though I was homeless I was happy Singing songs and always laughing Back then, Woody and me, and the truth [verse] Everything was hard Always jumping from car to car Wonderin ’ if God would save me from this case of the blues I was singing my songs from deep down in my heart Trying to bring some light into the dark [chorus] I jumped a freight train carrying a stick And my beat-up old guitar Times were tough, things got rough But that’s just the way things are Though I was homeless I was happy Singing songs and always laughing Back then, Woody and me, and the truth [bridge] T here‘ s beauty in that freedom all these things I’ve got, don’t need ‘ em The open road, the friends I’d known Th at lonesome whistle’s moan Was all i needed now I’m dreamin ’ [chorus] ‘Bout jumpin ’ a freight train carrying a stick With my beat-up old guitar Times were tough, things got rough But that’s just the way things are Though I was homeless I was happy Singing songs and always laughing Back then, Woody and me, and the truth Do you really want to delete this item? There is no undo for this operation.