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