I've seen the 'gators and the skeeters Down in the swamps of louisian I've seen the painted desert I've traveled across texas burning sand I've seen the great rocky mountains That reach up where the mighty eagle soars You know big or small i've seen it all From a boxcar door I've seen those wheat fields out in kansas In iowa i've watched the tall corn grow Seen 'em picking fruit in florida Watched 'em digging taters up in idaho I've seen the factories in detroit I've seen a small country general store And big or small i've seen it all From a boxcar door I've seen the coal mines in kentucky I've seen the steel mills in birmingham I've seen the appalachians seen the hoover And i've seen every other dam I've seen the great salt lake in utah I've heard the mighty ni-agra roar Yeah big or small i've seen it all From a boxcar door I've seen the great potomac river The wide missouri and the o-hi-o I've seen the colorado I've watched the mighty mississippi flow I've seen the great atlantic ocean I've seen california's golden shore You know big or small i've seen it all From a boxcar door I've seen the black man in the ghettos On the reservation i've watched the navajo I've seen the migrant workers In the fields from maine down to mexico I've seen the rich man in his penthouse The shanties and the shacks of the poor Yeah big or small i've seen it all From a boxcar door But my travels are not over There's lots more that i've just gotta see Every day's a new adventure And i thank the lord for letting me be free When i hop aboard a boxcar And hear that mighty engine start to roar You know big or small i'll see you all From a boxcar door Yeah big or small i'll see you all from a boxcar door