I Take A Lot Of Pride-Merle Haggard

[ti:I Take A Lot Of Pride] [ar:Merle Haggard] [al:The Very Best of, Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Take A Lot Of Pride - Merle Haggard (梅尔·哈格德) [00:08.98]Things I learned in a hobo jungle [00:10.54] [00:12.64]Were things they never taught me in a classroom [00:15.61] [00:19.17]Like where to find a handout [00:20.72] [00:22.74]While thumbin' through Chicago in the afternoon [00:24.98] [00:28.72]Hey I'm not braggin' or complainin' [00:30.95] [00:31.61]Just talkin' to myself man to man [00:33.93] [00:38.10]This ole' mental fat I'm chewin' didn't take alot of doin' [00:42.13] [00:42.87]But I take a lot of pride in what I am [00:45.92] [00:49.48]I guess I grew up a loner [00:51.15] [00:52.80]I don't remember ever havin' any folks around [00:55.85] [00:59.49]But I keep thumbin' through the phone books [01:01.87] [01:03.13]And lookin' for my daddy's name in every town [01:06.05] [01:09.56]And I meet lots of friendly people [01:11.65] [01:12.30]That I always end up leavin' on the lam [01:14.59] [01:18.46]Where I've been or where I'm goin' [01:21.24]Didn't take alot of knowin' [01:23.47]But I take a lot of pride in what I am [01:26.18] [01:29.97]I never travel in a hurry [01:31.62] [01:33.51]'Cause I got nobody waitin' for me anywhere [01:36.45] [01:39.94]Home is anywhere I'm livin' [01:41.71] [01:43.36]If it's sleepin' on some vacant bench in City Square [01:46.54] [01:49.69]Or if I'm workin' on some road gang [01:52.02] [01:52.63]Or just livin' off the fat of our great land [01:55.21] [01:58.59]I never been nobody's idol But at least I got a title [02:03.74]And I take a lot of pride in what I am [02:06.16] [02:09.91]I never been nobody's idol But at least I got a title [02:14.76]And I take a lot of pride in what I am [02:17.49] [02:21.61]I take a lot of pride in what I am [02:24.37] [02:28.18]I take a lot of pride in what I am