Never owned a brand new car

Never worked in a white collar

Never held a woman longer

Than I held one single dollar

I never went out chasin rainbows

Cause there cant be that much to it

Even if I found my pot of gold

I know Id piss right through it



I cant remember ever wanting

For one second of my life

Even if I did it cost too much

To ever pay the price

I dont dance out on the dark side

Aint no secrets I have to tell

So you dont have to say a prayer for me

I just said one for myself



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Im livin my life

Under my terms

Im callin the shots

As far as I can see

I dont owe nobody nothin

I dont answer to a soul

Might not work for you

But it works for me



Ive been bent and bruised and broken

And flat busted once or twice

I brought most of it upon myself

But I never compromised

My prides too hard to swallow

So Ive chewed a lot of it

Mild-mannered and soft-hearted

And hard-headed as you get

I live out on the backroads

Where I walk my country mile

And if its so good in the city

Why dont anybody smile?

The traffics always heavy

And the air aint fit to breathe

I aint saying that its wrong for you

It just dont make sense to me



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