I Ain't Got No Home
By: Woody Guthrie
Written by: Woody Guthrie

This Version:
  • I Ain't Got No Home
 
Lyrics:
[from January 20, 1997 version]

I wanted to play something by Woody Guthrie who was a big influence on me. He was one of the most astute political songwriters, I think, chroniclers of American political situations. Just play a little bit of this one. It's called "I Ain't Got No Home (In This World Anymore)." At the time, he was talking about all the refugees from Oklahoma...the dust storm disasters that they had... but it's pretty applicable to any situation. Not necessarily not having a roof over your head, even if the place that you live, you don't feel at home there... you don't relate to it.


Well I ain't got no home, I'm just a-wanderin' 'round
Just a ramblin' worker, I go from town to town
And the police make it hard wherever I may go
And I ain't got no home in this world anymore

I was working on the shares and always I was poor
Dust storms did blow, hope they don't come back no more
My wife took sick and died upon the kitchen floor
And I ain't got no home in this world anymore

Well I ain't got no home in this world anymore
Ain't got no home in this world anymore
Well the police make it hard wherever I may go
And I ain't got no home in this world anymore

Well, it's got a hell of a lot more verses, but I can't remember them right now!
 
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Played live once:
January 20, 1997