Yeah, I was born down in Dixie,
and I grew up in the South
and that’s what’s I’m all about
All I wanted was a guitar, the road,
and a good drink of li quor
There wasn’t but one thing for me to be,
and that’s a renegade picker
And when I was a little boy,
they used to make me go to school
But they soon give me up,
And all the little girl’s mama’s, they
used to drive me from the door
They’d say Honey we don’t want,
He’s just a renegade picker
Partly hippie, partly kicker, too
He’ll get around, get around
But he won’t never settle
Well I’ve played all your honky tonks,
Well I’ve seen me some hard times,
but I’ve been up more than down
Though there were sometimes people,
But when they heard me sing,
I guess that saved my life
