[Verse 1]
All of my life, I've been searching, walking on easy ground
The son of my father, never being pushed around
I got the Lord in my shadow, the devil in my blood
And if you fool me, baby, I'm gonna get you like a good man should

[Verse 2]
Like a gypsy, a traveler, I was born
A vagabond without virtue, I was blessed before the dawn
I greet the morning with my back against the sun
You'll never see me, baby, 'cause I'm always on the run

[Chorus]
'Cause I got time on my side, I don't need nobody to hold me
Time on my side, Sister Bluebird told me
Time on my side, freedom on my shoulder
I'm bound to settle down before I get much older

[Verse 3]
Born on the dark side, with a sun that never shone
I never had nobody to cry when I was gone
I have always been a loner, I got the drifter in my blood
If you fool me, baby, I'm gonna get you like a good man should

[Chorus]
'Cause I got time on my side, I don't need nobody to hold me
Time on my side, Sister Bluebird told me
Time on my side, freedom on my shoulder
I'm bound to settle down before I get much older, oh, oh

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Time on my side, I don't need nobody to hold me
Time on my side, Sister Bluebird told me
Time on my side, freedom on my shoulder
I'm bound to settle down before I get much older

[Outro]
Time on my side
I don't need, I don't need nobody
Time on my side
I got the Lord, the Lord in my shadow
Time on my side
I got my freedom
Time on my side
I don't need no one, no more
Time on my side
I got the devil, the devil in my blood
Time on my side (Ow)
Time on my side
I don't need it anymore
Time on my side
I've got my freedom, I don't need it