Just a traveling man, oh Lord, how I rambled On the open road, that's where I knew I belongedBut a happy home, Lord, that's what I gambled And the precious love of a woman left aloneIn black and white, I sent her all my love Time after time, she begged me to come homeBy telephone, I'd hear her sweet voice callin' Oh baby, please, must it be so longOh, how a man may love his homeBut still he rambles, sweet words of love To a woman he may writeBut imagine fine, built of love can turn to shambles If he thinks he can send love in black and whiteIn black and white, I sent her all my love Time after time, she begged me to come homeBy telephoneI'd hear her sweet voice callin' Oh baby, please, must it be so longOh baby, please, must it be so longJust a traveling man, oh Lord, how I rambled On the open road, that's where I learned how to cryOh baby, please, must it be so longFor the happy home and the heart I did gambleAnd the precious love of the one who said goodbyeIn black and white, I sent her all my loveTime after time, I've said that I was wrongBy telephone, I have to make my pleaOh, babe, baby, please, don't you say so longOh, babe, baby, please, don't you say so long