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The Wanderer [From the Wanderers] Lyrics
Oh well I'm the type of guy who will never settle down
Where pretty girls are well, you know that I'm around
I kiss 'em and I love 'em 'cause to me they're all the same
I hug 'em and I squeeze 'em they don't even know my name
They call me the wanderer, yeah the wanderer
I roam around around around
Oh well there's Flo on my left and there's Mary on my right
And Janie is the girl with that I'll be with tonight
And when she asks me which one I love the best
I tear open my shirt I got Rosie on my chest
'Cause I'm the wanderer yeah the wanderer
I roam around around around
Oh well I roam from town to town
I go through life without a care
'Til I'm as happy as a clown
With my two fists of iron and I'm going nowhere
I'm the type of guy that likes to roam around
I'm never in one place I roam from town to town
And when I find myself a-fallin' for some girl, yeah
I hop right into that car of mine and ride around the world
Yeah I'm the wanderer, yeah the wanderer
I roam around around around, let's go
Oh yeah I'm the type of guy that likes to roam around
I'm never in one place I roam from town to town
And when I find myself a-fallin' for some girl
I hop right into that car of mine and drive around the world
'Cause I'm a wanderer, yeah a wanderer
I roam around around around, around, around
'Cause I'm a wanderer, yeah a wanderer
I roam around around around, around around, 'cause I'm a wanderer, yeah
Where pretty girls are well, you know that I'm around
I kiss 'em and I love 'em 'cause to me they're all the same
I hug 'em and I squeeze 'em they don't even know my name
They call me the wanderer, yeah the wanderer
I roam around around around
And Janie is the girl with that I'll be with tonight
And when she asks me which one I love the best
I tear open my shirt I got Rosie on my chest
'Cause I'm the wanderer yeah the wanderer
I roam around around around
I go through life without a care
'Til I'm as happy as a clown
With my two fists of iron and I'm going nowhere
I'm never in one place I roam from town to town
And when I find myself a-fallin' for some girl, yeah
I hop right into that car of mine and ride around the world
Yeah I'm the wanderer, yeah the wanderer
I roam around around around, let's go
I'm never in one place I roam from town to town
And when I find myself a-fallin' for some girl
I hop right into that car of mine and drive around the world
'Cause I'm a wanderer, yeah a wanderer
I roam around around around, around, around
'Cause I'm a wanderer, yeah a wanderer
I roam around around around, around around, 'cause I'm a wanderer, yeah
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Heard somewhere that Mary and Flo are tatoos on his arms and Rosie was a battleship tatoo on his chest. All his tatoos are named after the Women he has spent a night with.
This was a popular song in its time....a peppy dance song about a sad fellow who's not much of a catch because so many girls have already had a piece of him. He's been with lots of pretty girls but "they don't even know his name". He mentions living life "without a care" and he's going "nowhere".
To me, sad lyrics with a happy upbeat tempo are funny and can cheer you in their twisted dichotomy.....like the newer song "Man of Constant Sorrow" by Soggy Bottom Boys. You want to feel sorry for the subject of the lyrics but it's hilariously done so you just laugh. :)