Released: June 12, 1970
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
Producer: Lou Reizner Rod Stewart
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
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
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
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
more tracks from the album
Handbags & Gladrags: The Essential Rod Stewart
- I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
- I’d Rather Go Blind
- Mama You Been on My Mind
- Oh! No Not My Baby
- Only a Hobo
- Reason to Believe
- Crying Laughing Loving Lying
- Dirty Old Town
- Farewell
- Angel
- Sweet Little Rock ‘n’ Roller
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- It’s All Over Now (Single Version)
- You Wear It Well
- Italian Girls
- Street Fighting Man
- True Blue
- My Way of Giving
- Lost Paraguayos
- Missed You
- Sailor
- Gasoline Alley
- Handbags & Gladrags
- What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
- (I Know) I’m Losing You
- Man of Constant Sorrow
- An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down
- Mine for Me
- Country Comfort
- Everytime We Say Goodbye
- Jodie
- Jo’s Lament
- Mandolin Wind
- Auld Lang Syne
- Tomorrow Is Such a Long Time
- So Tired
- Lady Day
- Bring It On Home to Me/You Send Me
- You Put Something Better Inside of Me
- Pinball Wizard
- Twistin’ the Night Away
- Girl from the North Country
- Let Me Be Your Car
- What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)
- Every Picture Tells a Story
- Maggie May
From the albums
- Gasoline Alley (1970)
- Two in One 1969-1970 (2002)
- You Wear It Well - The Collection (2011)
- Handbags & Gladrags: The Essential Rod Stewart (2018)
Rod Stewart popular songs
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
- Young Turks
- Maggie May
- Forever Young
- Love Is
- Sailing
- Handbags & Gladrags
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? (Remix)
- Maggie May (Live)
- Faith of the Heart
- Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
- Every Picture Tells a Story
- Have I Told You Lately
- Didn’t I
- Baby Jane
- You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
- The First Cut Is the Deepest
- When I Need You
- Downtown Train
- Rhythm of My Heart
- Hot Legs
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Missing You