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 can’t be that much to it

Even if I found my pot of gold

I know I’d piss right through it



I can’t remember ever wanting

For one second of my life

Even if I did it cost too much

To ever pay the price

I don’t dance out on the dark side

Ain’t no secrets I have to tell

So you don’t have to say a prayer for me

I just said one for myself



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I’m livin’ my life

Under my terms

I’m callin’ the shots

As far as I can see

I don’t owe nobody nothin’

I don’t answer to a soul

Might not work for you

But it works for me



I’ve been bent and bruised and broken

And flat busted once or twice

I brought most of it upon myself

But I never compromised

My pride’s too hard to swallow

So I’ve 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 it’s so good in the city

Why don’t anybody smile?

The traffic’s always heavy

And the air ain’t fit to breathe

I ain’t saying that it’s wrong for you

It just don’t make sense to me



Chorus