A song from “Paint Your Wagon”, 1951. Words by Alan Jay Lerner. Music by Frederick Loewe.
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Lyrics
I was born under a wand’rin’ star
I was born under a wand’rin’ star
Stayin’ put can kill you
Standin’ still’s a curse
To settle down can drive you mad
But movin’ on is worse
I was born under a wand’rin’ star
When I learned to talk
The word they taught me was “good-bye”
That, and “Where’s my hat”
Are all I need until I die
Achin’ for to stop and always achin’ for to go
Searchin’ but for what I never will know
I was born under a wand’rin’ star
I was born under a wand’rin’ star
When I get to Heaven tie me to a tree
Or I’ll begin to roam
And soon you know where I will be
I was born under a wand’rin’ star
A wand’rin’, wand’rin’ star
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