[Verse 1] Its kinda hard being a bum in this town Where the kids run wild, running all around We go by behind without a sound And we all got stories to tell Put a penny in the cup, you might hear us moan Im just a dollar short of catching the Grey Hound home And God bless you sir, you wont see me no more Cause Ill be drunk behind the Jiffy store [Chorus] But Im gonna get straight if its the last thing I can bare Id get my life together if someone would care And if I should die before my time is through Tell all the people who I was Aye... [Verse 2] On a bench, sour stench, clutchin my booze A pair of Swiss cheese socks and tore up shoes Whiskey breath, dumpster chef, next to Taco Bell I dropped my aspirations down a wishing well Drunken stance, piss my pants, piano key teeth All these things will blind you from the man beneath Im not a fool, I been to school, Ive read Sun Tzu You see, us bums are people too [Verse 3] So Im back in jail, I cant make bail, I get my three square meals Oh, how Ive forgotten how a bed and pillow feels Ill take a breath, theres nothing left, I lay my head, the Bible said To all those weary, I will give you rest Oh! [Chorus] But Im gonna get straight if its the last thing I can bare Id get my life together if someone would care And if I should die before my time is through Tell all the people who I was [Interlude Ronald Davis] [] is is is rough, and, uh, I mean I been sleepin in [?], Ive been sleepin under the bridges, Ive been sleepin in the little cardboard boxes, and stuff. You know, just survivin. Especially in the wintertime, its the hardest time. And like, uh, Ill go out to fill applications for a job and stuff they look at me, you know, and Im like Im like, lookin unpresentable. And then they, well, well call you. Leave a number, but how can I leave a number when I dont have a phone? Its really humiliating to be shakin a cup 24 hours a day, and people just look at you like youre some kind of a bum, you know what Im sayin? I mean, I have had people who walk past me that say, get a job, bum. And I say, wait a minute, Im not a bum, Im a human being. [Verse 4] On the streets, where I sleep, Bullet is my name You see, I lost my wife and child, and the whiskey is to blame So Ive been preaching gospels to the crazies on the curb Among all these people, Ill achieve my fame Cause I cant get a job cause the dirt on my face I cant find no food or a resting place I aint a bad guy, Lord knows I try And Ill probably rot here in the alley where I die [Chorus] Im gonna get straight if its the last thing I can bare Id get my life together if someone would care And if I should die before my time is through Tell all the people who I was Im gonna get straight if its the last thing I can bare Id get my life together if someone would care And if I should die before my time is through Tell all the people who I was
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