My Way of Life

(Sonny Curtis)



Standing on the road

Walking down the highway

Ain't going nowhere

But that's my way of life.



Well I ain't never had much ambition

But I always made my own way

By turnin' a couple of jobs in some ladies' backyard

I averaged about a dollar a day.



I wake up early each morning

And before I started on my way

I get some cigarettes and a couple of cups of coffee

A sweepin' the local city cafe.



Standing on the road

Walking down the highway

Ain't going nowhere

But that's my way of life.



Ain't never had no one to love me

Never had girl to call my own

I never would take a chance to fool with romance

I guess I'm used to being alone.



Nobody wants a drifter so I'll keep moving on

There's nothin' to tie me down

When I wanna leave town

Nobody's gonna miss me when I'm gone.



Standing on the road

Walking down the highway

Ain't going nowhere

But that's my way of life...