As a kid in Arkansawyer I got my hambone on But those days are gone To get me paid some wages, I rolled out of town Where I find work is where I'm bound Indy to Atoka, on roofs and under cars Building churches, building bars Tampa to Kalkaska picking fruit off of the trees Michigan to the Florida Keys Trying to find, trying to find Dollars and dimes Trade my time, dollars and dimes No pie in the sky when I go Old Utah Joe he ought to know From Desolation Canyon to Confusion Range I'm broken down feeling strange Trying to find, trying to find Dollars and dimes Sell my time, dollars and dimes Cairo Illinois you better watch out son Like the Union Army never won Two rivers join together Mississippi and Ohio But stay apart as they flow Trying to find, trying to find Dollars and dimes All my time, dollars and dimes As a kid in Arkansawyer I got my hambone on But those days are gone