Only a Hobo

BOB DYLAN

As I was out walking on the corner one day
I spied an old hobo, in the doorway he lay
His face was all covered in the cold sidewalk floor
I guess he'd been there for a whole night or more

He was only a hobo, but one more is gone
Leaving nobody to carry it on
Leaving nobody to sing his sad song
Only a hobo, but one more is gone

A blanket of newspaper covered his head
The step was his pillow
The street was his bed
One look at his face
showed the hard road he'd come
and a fistful of money
showed the coins that he'd bummed

He was only a hobo, but one more is gone
Leavin' nobody to sing his sad song
Leavin' nobody to carry it on
Only a hobo, but one more is gone

Does it take much of a man
to see a whole life go down
To look on the world
from a hole in the ground
Too late for your future
like a horse that's gone lame
To lie in the gutter
and die with no name

He was only a hobo, but one more is gone
Leavin' nobody to sing his sad song
Leavin' nobody to carry it on
Only a hobo, but one more is gone

Trivia about the song Only a Hobo by Rod Stewart

On which albums was the song “Only a Hobo” released by Rod Stewart?
Rod Stewart released the song on the albums “The Rod Stewart Album” in 1969, “Gasoline Alley” in 1970, “The Mercury Anthology” in 1992, “Reason to : The Complete Mercury Recordings” in 2002, “Reason to Believe: The Complete Mercury Studio Recordings” in 2002, “Two in One 1969-1970” in 2002, “You Wear It Well - The Collection” in 2011, “Maggie May: The Essential Collection” in 2012, and “Handbags & Gladrags: The Essential Rod Stewart” in 2018.
Who composed the song “Only a Hobo” by Rod Stewart?
The song “Only a Hobo” by Rod Stewart was composed by BOB DYLAN.

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