And often have I wondered How the years and I survived I had a mother who sang to me An honest lullaby Early early in the game I taught myself to sing and play And use a little trickery On kids who never favored me Those were years of crinoline slips And

One time I was at the beach And we were looking at the stars And this girl was laying next to me And the blanket that we had was, had stars on it as well It looked liked we were just floating in an abyss Honestly, when I see her face I just smile I guess

Fuck it all Hate breeds hate my eyes they have seen A system that feeds their machine with The blood, sweat and money of the poor, poor The decimation of all that is pure, pure Corruption gets rich, honesty just exists 'Cause nobody cares anymore,

You got a piece of me And honestly My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you 'Cause we belong together now, yeah Forever united here somehow, yeah La la la la la la La la la la la Guess this means you're sorry You're standing at my door

He don't like that He wants his life back He wants to go back home Poor guy that man John Thomas His woman truly was a devil And she wasn't all that honest She tore him down on every level You're a no good lazy motherfucker Gotta a shit job you worthless

It's not you, it's me (it's me) I'm the only one I need (ooh-ooh) It's not you, baby (baby) 'Cause I'm leaving you for me (ooh-ooh) I don't want you blaming yourself It's bad for your health 'Cause honestly (ooh) I'm the only one, I'm the, I'm the only

I'm happy just to watch her move And I boast that it is meant to be But, in all honesty, I don't have a hope in hell I wanted her, I wanted her But she doesn't like the life that I lead She doesn't like the life that I lead Doesn't like sand stuck on her

Ain't a damn thing promised to ya Except livin your life, and dyin one day, I'm just bein honest to ya It take a whole lot, just to get a little Gettin caught up in the middle the answer to life's riddles never, come that easy, but it was easy to lead

But I'm an up full man And I love progressive people (progressive people) I've learned some lessons in my life Lessons in my life But tomorrow they change their mind I'm a progressive man I'm an honest man And I love honest people (honest people) Money

My boy, my boy, my boy Don't love me like he promised He ain't a man and sure as hell ain't honest (Alright dude, go trip over a knife) And if you want a good girl, then goodbye My boy's being sus and he don't know how to cuss