It Works For Me

It Works For Me

Never owned a brand new car,
Never worked in a white collar,
Never held a woman longer,
Than I ever held one single dollar,
I never went out chasin’ rainbows
‘Cause there can’t be that much to it.
Even if I found a 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 costs 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.

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.
It 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’ve 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 as you get.
I live out on the back roads,
Where I walk my country mile,
And if it’s so good in the city,
Why doesn’t anybody smile?
The traffics always heavy and
The air ain’t fit to breathe.
I ain’t sayin’ that it’s wrong for you –
It just don’t make sense to me.

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.
It might not work for you –
But it works for me.

Toby Keith