Written by Tift Merritt
Intro: C F C F C F C This morning, if it all was gone Funny thing, it wouldn't phase me none F C Might feel like I just got home You know, I always had a taste for traveling alone F C Only get this one time 'round Better speak up straight, better speak up proud F C Good Lord, if he's not at home F Well, I always had a taste for traveling alone C F C Oh, if I had a son I would make him laugh, I would teach him something F C I'd say, Son, you gotta hold your own And it's good to have a taste for traveling alone Instrumental: C F C F C F C Oh, if I had a love I would say, Man, got to keep up F C Got to lay down, baby, feed my soul 'Cause you know I got a taste for traveling alone F C Oh, if I had a song I would sing it now, wouldn't take too long F C I'd sing, "Goodness is a real bare bone" And it's what you do when you're traveling alone F C Down south, baby, in the heat I was raised up right, I was raised so sweet F C Sweetness ain't gonna get you home Oh, you're bound to get a taste of traveling alone Instrumental: C F C F C F C F C F C I know that the world is mean I know it don't care, I been around, I seen F C It's like a pretty girl who don't even know I guess everybody here is traveling alone F C Cigarettes and a pick up truck I'm gonna leave this town now, I got to press my luck F C Ocean gonna break so slow You know, I always had a taste for traveling alone OUTRO: C F C F C F C F C