(david lee murphy)
Well dad said son donÔÇÖt you be a fool
Stay away from that old brown mule
HeÔÇÖs mean as a snake and twice as quick
Oh but always that kind that had to be shown
I couldnÔÇÖt listen I couldnÔÇÖt be told
Even way back then I had to get my kicks
Yeah I been a rebel and it donÔÇÖt pay
There ainÔÇÖt no future in livinÔÇÖ this way
It ainÔÇÖt worth the trouble and IÔÇÖve tried to change
Yeah I done it the hard way all my life
ItÔÇÖs cost me plenty too many times
I been a rebel and it donÔÇÖt pay
If thereÔÇÖs a bump in the road well I hit ÔÇÖem all
You donÔÇÖt really learn ÔÇÖtil you hit a brick wall
Back up and say man I couldÔÇÖa gone around that
Yeah sometimes I wish I could just go along
But that hard headed streakÔÇÖs just a little too long
GettinÔÇÖ first hand knowledge and goinÔÇÖ nowhere fast
Yeah I been a rebel and it donÔÇÖt pay
There ainÔÇÖt no future in livinÔÇÖ this way
It ainÔÇÖt worth the trouble and IÔÇÖve tried to change
Yeah I done it the hard way all my life
ItÔÇÖs cost me plenty too many times
I been a rebel and it donÔÇÖt pay
Yeah I been a rebel and it donÔÇÖt pay
There ainÔÇÖt no future in livinÔÇÖ this way
It ainÔÇÖt worth the trouble and IÔÇÖve tried to change
Yeah I done it the hard way all my life
ItÔÇÖs cost me plenty too many times
I been a rebel and it donÔÇÖt pay
