[00:00.00]I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am - Merle Haggard
[00:08.98]Things I learned in a hobo jungle
[00:12.64]Were things they never taught me in a classroom
[00:19.17]Like where to find a handout
[00:22.74]While thumbin' through Chicago in the afternoon
[00:28.72]Hey I'm not braggin' or complainin'
[00:31.61]Just talkin' to myself man to man
[00:38.10]This ole' mental fat I'm chewin' didn't take alot of doin'
[00:42.87]But I take a lot of pride in what I am
[00:49.48]I guess I grew up a loner
[00:52.80]I don't remember ever havin' any folks around
[00:59.49]But I keep thumbin' through the phone books
[01:03.13]And lookin' for my daddy's name in every town
[01:09.56]And I meet lots of friendly people
[01:12.30]That I always end up leavin' on the lam
[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
[01:29.97]I never travel in a hurry
[01:33.51]'Cause I got nobody waitin' for me anywhere
[01:39.94]Home is anywhere I'm livin'
[01:43.36]If it's sleepin' on some vacant bench in City Square
[01:49.69]Or if I'm workin' on some road gang
[01:52.63]Or just livin' off the fat of our great land
[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
[02:09.91]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
[02:21.61]I take a lot of pride in what I am
[02:28.18]I take a lot of pride in what I am