Once my future was shiny as the
  Seat of my pants are today
  Then old mother luck and all her
  Daughters started duckin' me
  When I finally got tired of just sittin' there
  Watching my life slip away
  I said I better start takin' all the living
  That's a-comin' to me
  
  Chorus:
  Now I love too much, fight too much
  Stay out late at night too much
  But you bet your butt I'm going to
  Live before I die
  And I may smoke too much, drink too much
  Every blessed thing too much
  It's a low-down life, but it ain't
  gonna pass me by
  
  I don't care if the world don't ever hear
  The sound of my name
  And old mother luck and all her daughters
  Keep a-duckin' me
  As long as that cat that I gotta look at
  when I shave ain't ashamed
  There ain't no Jody in the world
  I'd ever rather be.
  
  Chorus:
  Now I love too much, fight too much
  Stay out late at night too much
  But you bet your butt I'm going to
  Live before I die
  And I may smoke too much, drink too much
  Every blessed thing too much
  It's a low-down life, but it ain't
  gonna pass me by