I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am-Merle Haggard

[ti:I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am] [ar:Merle Haggard] [al:Drink up and Be Somebody - The Great Songs of Merle Haggard] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am - Merle Haggard (梅尔·哈格德) [00:09.49]Things I learned in hobo jungle [00:12.03] [00:13.42]Were things they never taught me in a class room [00:18.14] [00:20.50]Like where to find a hand out [00:22.83] [00:24.07]While bummin' through Chicago in the afternoon [00:28.78] [00:30.66]Hey I'm not braggin' or complainin' [00:33.20]I'm just talkin' to myself man to man [00:37.70] [00:40.29]This ol' mental fat I'm chewin' didn't take a lotta doin' [00:45.37]But I take a lot of pride in what I am [00:48.98] [00:51.95]I guess I grew up a loner [00:54.60] [00:55.68]I don't remember ever havin' any folks around [01:01.13] [01:02.67]But I keep thumbin' through the phonebooks [01:05.40] [01:06.61]And looking for my daddy's name in every town [01:11.16] [01:13.24]And I meet lots of friendly people but [01:16.15]I'll always wind up leavin' on the lam [01:20.18] [01:22.50]Hey where I've been or where [01:24.45]I'm goin' didn't take a lotta knowin' [01:27.56]But I take a lot of pride in what I am [01:31.36] [01:34.29]I never travel in a hurry [01:36.93] [01:38.07]Because I got nobody waitin' for me anywhere [01:43.01] [01:45.03]Home is anywhere I'm livin' [01:47.38] [01:48.69]If it's sleepin' on some vacant bench in City Square [01:53.51] [01:55.44]Or if I'm workin' on some road gang [01:58.31]Or just livin' off the fat of our great land [02:02.60] [02:04.77]I never been nobody's idol but at least I got a title [02:10.02]And I take a lot of pride in what I am [02:13.76] [02:16.64]I never been nobody's idol [02:19.48]But at least I got a title [02:21.88]I take a lot of pride in what I am [02:25.64] [02:28.94]I take a lot of pride in what I am [02:32.48] [02:35.99]I take a lot of pride in what I am