up full time against the world
Sometimes with the family an
Yeah, you think I've learned my lesson,
I'm a man who's been around
But I could never keep that
Well, I'm still hanging on and I
think God takes care of fools
I broke a lotta hearts and
Yet somehow I survived with
But I could never keep that
I could never keep, I could never keep
I could never keep my life from
You'd think I learned my lesson,
I'm a man who's been around
But I could never keep that middle
could never keep, I could never keep
I could never keep my life from
You'd think I learned my lesson,
I'm a man who's been around
But I could never keep that middle finger down
if you took a little peek
You'd say, "Good Lord, let it go,
man, just turn the other cheek"
I don't know how to let it go,
I just don't know how to behave
I was born with this affliction
and I'll take it to the grave
could never keep, I could never keep
I could never keep my life from
You'd think I learned my lesson,
I'm a man who's been around
I could never keep (no), I
I could never keep my life from
You'd think I learned my lesson,
I'm a man who's been around
But I could never keep that middle
