Rain leakin’ through the ceilin’
Wind blow through the door
Didn’t have no bed
Just a ripped blanket on the floor
I came up hard
Yes, I came up hard
Oh, but I ain’t the only one
Lord knows, I came up hard
I played a lot of hooky
Never once got caught
Out behind the juke joint
And I surely learned a lot
Oh, I came up hard
Oh, yes, I really came up hard
I think I did all right
Lord knows, I came up hard
All these years
I kept my style
I wouldn’t cross over
So it took me a while
…Before the money came
Oh, I’ve got so much to say
So damn proud I was built this way
Some folks didn’t see my world
Didn’t know where I fit in
40 years I kept singin’
Before the money started
…rollin’ in
The passage of time
Is flicking dimly up on the screen
I can’t see the lines
I used to think i could read between
Perhaps my brains have turned to sand
Oh me oh my
I think it’s been an eternity
You’d be surprised
At my degree of uncertainty
How can moments go so slow.