I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am Songtext
von Dale Watson

Things I learned in a hobo jungle
Things they don′t teach you in a classroom
Thank you all
Like where to find a hand out
Bummin' on the city streets in the afternoon

Whether it′s working on some road gang
Or living off the fat of our great land
Where I've been, where I'm going
It didn′t take a lot of knowing
But I take a lot of pride in what I am

I never travel in a hurry
I got nobody waiting for me anywhere
And home is anywhere I′m living
If it's sitting on a bacon bench
In city square


I ain′t bragging or complaining
I'm just talking to myself man to man
Hey, this mental fat I′ma chew it
Don't take a lot of doing
But I take a lot of pride in what I am

That′s right, here's Don now

Now I grew up alone
I don't remember having any folks around
So I keep looking in the phone book
Searching for my daddy′s name in every town

Now I meet lots of friendly people
But I always end up leaving on the land
I′ve never been nobody's idol
But at least I got a title
And I take a lot of pride in what I am

I′ve never been nobody's idol
But at least I got a title
And I take a lot of pride in what I am

Thank you to the Mural Art Gallery
Thank you much, get loud get proud
Come on out, help me out now