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
ause there can be that much to it
Even if I found my pot of gold
I know I piss right through it
I can remember ever wanting
For one second of my life
Even if I did it cost too much
To ever pay the price
I don dance out on the dark side
Ain no secrets I have to tell
So you don have to say a prayer for me
I just said one for myself
I livin?my life
Under my terms
I callin?the shots
As far as I can see
I don owe nobody nothin?
I don answer to a soul
Might not work for you
But it works for me
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 too hard to swallow
So I 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 so good in the city
Why don anybody smile?
The traffic always heavy
And the air ain fit to breathe
I ain saying that it wrong for you
It just don make sense to me
I livin?my life
Under my terms
I callin?the shots
As far as I can see
I don owe nobody nothin?
I don answer to a soul
Might not work for you
But it works for me