When I was a little boy I lived in a country town I get I didn't know too much then I don't know much more now Used to be a paperboy I lived in my bedroom Smoked cigarettes behind the garage Stayed away from the living room Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
When I was the age 18 Away from home, I ran Made it to the big N.Y.C I lived in a garbage can One night I got all juiced up Walking home from hearing some band I tripped on a Dentin wrapper And then a cab ran over my hand Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Packed myself up a suitcase Checked in at Greyhound train I made it to Chicago I hope it's not too late I got to make my fortune Sometime before it snows I got to prove to the folks I'm a man Before it gets too cold Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Chicago you were good to me I'll be back again someday But I'm still broke, I'm still a choke I'm-a hitching to L.A I'm gonna get me a woman And live in the Hollywood hills That I find my way in life She can pay the bills Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well I made it to 23 And I still don't pay no tax But I've bought a guitar And I'm gonna go far Cause' I know where it's at I'm gonna write me a song that says something Instead of "I do, I do, I do" Cause I know most folks are smarter than that And they just ain't gonna be fooled
I'm gonna call it "In The Year 2525" Or something like that And if it sells, then I'll do well Gonna pay this woman back And all my friends of yesterday Come and knocking at my door Telling me how great I am I never did that before Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.