(dimuccifasce)I've been sitting here thinkingWhen i started out drinkingI went on to the dope surely just to change
my lifeI cried a tear and a beer for meI lost everything near and dear to meNamely my children and my wifeI've an idea of
having a good timeWas sitting up there with my head between my kneesWell i knew everything there was to knowEverything excep
t which way to goI cried oh god please take me will you take me please(yeah) many a time (well i) swore up and downI don't
need none of this junk that's a floating roundI could quit - let me finish what i've gotAfter all this stuff sure costs a lot
Then i get my feet back on the groundNow i can't tell nobody how to live their lifeEven though inside we're all the sameAll
these things are toys i was playing withYou know, you know we're all losers in the end(well now) since i've been straightI
haven't been in my cupsI ain't shooting downs i ain't using upsYou know i'm still as crazy as a loonEven though i don't
run out and cop a spoonThank the good lord god well i've had enoughI've got a friend and his name is robertsonHe told me 'do
n't need to be stoned to know a friendBelieve me you're all beautiful people just the way you areTell me, what has that stuff
done for you so far?'I've been sitting here thinking i've been winking i've been blinkingWell i don't have to sit around no
more on the nodWith my head in the air (you know)I can do anything i can do it straight i can do it so much better nowIts g
otta startRight here in your own back yardYes it's gotta start back your own b