When I was an astronaut I didn't have my boots, nWhen I was a coal miner I didn't have the news, nWhen I was a record store I didn't have the blues, nI travel light and that's the life for me. nnHe doesn't care where else he goes, nHe's not gonna take any extra clothes nor extra shoes to hide his feet nThe ground is dirt, the dirt is sweet nnWhen I go Londontown I'll stand under a rock, nUntil I know all the time it takes to pack a clock, nThen I'll flip it over, close the key, and swallow the lock. nI travel light and that's the life for me. nnHe doesn't take his spoon or fork, nHe's seen too many eating in New York, nHe'll use his hands to pick and eat, nThe fruit he finds, he'll find it sweet nnWhen I was a waitress, I gave away my tips nWhen I was a call-girl, I gave away my hips nWhen I ran the kissing booth, I gave away my lips, nI travel light and that's the life for me nnShe lives a life like abandoned wind nElemental wife, fortune is her friend, nI smile on a planet and a river made of light, nshe's just a pebble on a waterfall tonight nnWhen i go to Boston I stand around in jeans nAnd save the cash for Levi’s by selling black-market baked beans nDenim's what I like to wear it has durable seams nI travel light and that's the life for me nnShe just a genius without a thinking cap nShe never pays the rent, she's funny like that nI don't know what she's on, she's here and gone nRides a welcome mat on a jungle cat nnFur's and silver chairs and shiny things are just a fuss nWe'll eat all peanuts that we steal from the circus nWe'll count the all stars and go to sleep under the bus nWe'll travel light and that's the life for us