Born on the bayou Chasin' down a hoodoo there And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin' Now, when I was just a little boy Standin' to my daddy's knee My poppa said, "Son, don't let the man get you Do what he done to me" 'Cause he'll get you 'Cause

Who wants to be right as rain It's better when something is wrong It's harder when you're on top You get excitement in your bones And everything you do's a game When night comes and you're all on your own You can say I chose to be alone Cause when hard

I'm riding down Elvis Presley BLVD Got the dog food, the soft nigga and the hard You can tell them crackers they can go and get the dogs Riding down Elvis Presley BLVD Got the boy, got the girl and I got the heart Tell them pussy crackers they can bring

I got soul, but I'm not a soldier Yeah, oh don't you put me on the backburner Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down If you can hold on Yeah, you know you got to help me out You know you got to help me out You're gonna bring yourself down Is there room

I'm goin' get up in the mornin', I believe I'll dust my broom Girlfriend, the black man you been lovin', girlfriend, can get my room I'm gon' write a letter, telephone every town I know I don't want no woman, wants every downtown man she meet I believe,

And I know everybody goes through changes But that just means we're all the same All best friends start out as strangers So rest easy 'cause I'm your friend When you're down and you can't call upon your mama no more You can call, you can call on me When

We're going head to head Can you handle it? I'm taking you down I'm the last man standing I'm bleeding till the last man's standing So get in where you fit in time to put in on the line Taking you down We live, we die

I'm so gone (just you) All I do is walk alone (just me) I can make it on my own (just me) I'm a do my thing I'm a do, I'm a do, I'm a do my thing I was born at the end of december Not afraid that the cold of the winter Would keep me inside, hey Ever

That's what breaking hearts do They cause you so much pain Make you go insane Feel like your hands are tied Bound up, strapped down, busted inside Don't have the will to find your way And you don't think you can take it even one more day You try and try

You're so far away from me You're so far So far I just can't see And you're so far away from me You're so far away from me, all right When you're so far away from me Here I am again in this mean old town And where are you when the sun goes down I'm tired