Let me tell you a story about this guy I knew.
He had all these people telling him what to do, they said:
"Get a job, put on a tie,
cut your hair instead of getting high."
"Take this guitar play all you can but I,
don't wanna see you in a Rock n Roll band"
"Dream all you might, but get a life,
you gotta hit the books and do it right."
"Don't fool around, don´t roll the dice,
don't hang with women till you're old and wise."
oh, if you only knew, I can't listen to you...
Don't tell me... what to say or do.
Just let me... live my life, not you.
Don't want to... hang on tight on the noose.
I gotta lot to lose, I gotta lot to lose.
(Solo)
So that kid grew up and he got a job and he got a life,
only he didn't wear a tie, he wore a mean guitar, and he said:
I walk my talk, and I know it's on your mind,
every night you see me playing, feeling fine.
And deep inside you wonder what it's like
to be in my shoes and not b**** about my life.
oh, if you only knew, I can't listen to you...
Don't tell me what to say or do.
Just let me live my life, not you.
Don't want to hang on tight on the noose.
I gotta lot to lose, I gotta lot to lose.
Don't tell me what to say or do.
Just let me live my life, not you.
Don't want to hang on tight on the noose.
I gotta lot to lose, I gotta lot to lose.
He had all these people telling him what to do, they said:
"Get a job, put on a tie,
cut your hair instead of getting high."
"Take this guitar play all you can but I,
don't wanna see you in a Rock n Roll band"
"Dream all you might, but get a life,
you gotta hit the books and do it right."
"Don't fool around, don´t roll the dice,
don't hang with women till you're old and wise."
oh, if you only knew, I can't listen to you...
Don't tell me... what to say or do.
Just let me... live my life, not you.
Don't want to... hang on tight on the noose.
I gotta lot to lose, I gotta lot to lose.
(Solo)
So that kid grew up and he got a job and he got a life,
only he didn't wear a tie, he wore a mean guitar, and he said:
I walk my talk, and I know it's on your mind,
every night you see me playing, feeling fine.
And deep inside you wonder what it's like
to be in my shoes and not b**** about my life.
oh, if you only knew, I can't listen to you...
Don't tell me what to say or do.
Just let me live my life, not you.
Don't want to hang on tight on the noose.
I gotta lot to lose, I gotta lot to lose.
Don't tell me what to say or do.
Just let me live my life, not you.
Don't want to hang on tight on the noose.
I gotta lot to lose, I gotta lot to lose.