You see the people sleeping out on the streets Ain't got no food, got no shoes on their feet And I'm walking forward to the back of the beat, oh yeah
It ain't wrong to feel so strong when you think you got it going on Life has a way of making you pay to the club where we all belong Now you're free to
Every morning by da break of day Pick and shovel in my hand Prove to the worlds I's a natural man Don't not to hurt me but my back and spine Don'
Well, I remember the sound since I was a child Beat of the drum like to drive me wild Sound was a commina?? from across the track Went off over and I
One summer day, he went away He?s gone and left me, he's gone to stay Now he's gone away, hey, and I can't worry, no, no 'Coz I'm sittin', sittin' on
Well, I got a little red rooster Too lazy to crow for day Well, I got a little red rooster Too lazy to crow for day Keep everything in the barnyard Upset
There's people who sit down on a whole lot of money, they don't know - what it's all about.......ohhhhh I don't guess they do t hen .... there's people
When I fell for you, baby I really met my match You use me, abuse me But I keep comin' back Let me up, baby, I've had enough It never seems to matter
When you go to Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill's on the ball, When you go to Chapel Hill and get a drink of alcohol, And do the boogie, Do the Chapel Hill boogie
Could fill spoons full of diamonds Could fill spoons full of gold Just a little spoon of your precious love Will satisfy my soul Men lies about it Some
And I found love when I found you When I look in your eyes I know it's true My life was lonely, yeah, broken and blue Then I found love when I found
God we must be crazy The whole world's been falling apart I've never seen so much suffering Or so many broken hearts And how people can hurt each other
Well I was caught I was out of excuses But I was not Above re-learnin' all the rules, no But I found out the hard way There ain't no color to the blues
Well, it's warm inside Let's take a midnight ride I wanna show ya Yeah, really show ya It's an open road Let's see how far it goes I wanna show ya Yeah
Will I live tomorrow Well, I just can't say I don't live today No sun coming through my windows Felt like I'm sitting at the bottom of a grave I
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It don't matter if you're rich It don't make no difference if you're poor Simple things in life can make you mad to the core It doesn't matter if you'
Up from the ashes, out of the flames Keeps gettin' stronger, like a slow rollin' train Watch it run, oh, why do the good die young? Burnin' like a shootin