I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am

Things I learned in a hobo jungle

Were things they never taught me in a class room

Like where to find a handout

While thumbing through Chicago in the afternoon

Hey, I'm not bragging or complaining

I'm just talking to myself man to man

This old lentil fat I'm chewing

Well, didn't take a lot of doing

But I take a lot of pride in what I am

I guess I grew up a loner

I don't remember ever having any folks around

But I keep thumbing through the phonebooks

And looking for my Daddy's name in every town

And I meet lots of people

But I always wind up leaving on the lam

Hey, where I've been, where I'm going

I didn't take a lot of knowing

But I take a lot of pride in what I am

I never travel in a hurry

Cause I got nobody waiting for me anywhere

Home is anywhere I'm living

If it's sleeping on some vacant beach or city square

Or if I'm working on some road gang

Or just living off the fat of our great land

I never been nobody's idol, but at least I got a title

And I take a lot of pride in what I am

This old lentil fat I'm chewing

A-didn't take a lot of doing

I take a lot of pride in what I am

Oh, where I've been or where I'm going

I didn't take, take a lot of knowing

But I take a lot of pride in what I am