(G. Bonds, L. Anderson) Bonds Anderson Music (BMI)
|
|
VERSE 1:
|
YOU GOTTA GET UP PRETTY EARLY IN THE MORNING, BABY
|
IF YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST UP AND OUT-SLICK ME
|
‘CAUSE I’VE BEEN FOOLED BY THE BEST
|
BS’ED BY THE REST
|
I’VE TRIED EVERYTHING THERE IS IN LIFE FROM A TO Z
|
I’VE DINED WITH FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES
|
SLEPT WITH GIRLS OF ALL RACES
|
GOTTEN DOWN WITH THE BROTHERS IN THE BOWERY
|
AND THEY ALL TAUGHT ME ONE THING
|
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A SURE THING
|
LIFE AS WE KNOW IT, HAS NO GUARANTEES
|
|
TURNAROUND:
|
I’VE BEEN IN THE BATTLES
|
TAKEN MY LICKS
|
HAD LOTS OF PARTIES
|
HAD ALL THE KICKS
|
I’M NOT OFTEN WELL
|
BUT, I AIN’T NEVER BEEN SICK
|
|
CHORUS:
|
SO, YOU CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS
|
CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS
|
|
VERSE 2:
|
PEOPLE TALK AND MAKE PROMISES ‘BOUT THIS AND THAT
|
BUT ACTION’S THE ONLY THING THAT EXCITES ME
|
ALL THOSE PROMISES THEY’RE MAKING
|
I’D BE CRAZY IF I TAKE ‘EM
|
I KEEP THEM STORED UP IN MY MEMORY
|
I’M JUST LIVING IN A WORLD WHERE SOCIETY
|
AND WHAT PEOPLE SAY AND DO
|
NO LONGER INTEREST ME
|
I’M JUST LIVING OUT MY DAYS
|
SET IN MY WAYS
|
LIVING FOR MY FRIENDS AND MY FAMILY
|
|
TURNAROUND:
|
WELL, I’VE LIVED IN THE CITY
|
BUT, I AIN’T WHAT YOU CALL SLICK
|
GREW UP IN THE COUNTRY
|
BUT, DON’T CALL ME NO HICK
|
I’VE BEEN THROUGH THE THIN
|
AND I’VE BEEN THROUGH THE THICK
|
|
CHORUS:
|
SO, YOU CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS
|
CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS
|
|
*SOLO
|
|
TURNAROUND:
|
WELL, I’VE BEEN IN THE BATTLES
|
TAKEN MY LICKS
|
HAD LOTS OF PARTIES
|
HAD ALL THE KICKS
|
I’M NOT OFTEN WELL
|
BUT, I AIN’T NEVER BEEN SICK
|
|
CHORUS:
|
NO, YOU CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS
|
CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS
|
|
BREAKDOWN:
|
SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW THINGS SHOULD BE
|
THEY’VE ALL GOT THEIR STORIES THEY CAN’T WAIT TO TELL
|
I’VE GOT MY OWN WAY OF BEING WHO I WANNA BE
|
I CAN’T LIVE MY LIFE FOR NO ONE ELSE
|
I KEEP MY MIND WIDE OPEN
|
TO WHAT YOU GOTTA SAY
|
I AIN’T ALWAYS RIGHT
|
BUT, I KNOW WHEN YOU’RE WRONG
|
‘CAUSE I’VE BEEN DOING THIS TOO DOGGONE LONG
|
YOU CAN SING IT IF YOU WANNA
|
BUT, IT’S STILL MY DOGGONE SONG
|
|
TAG ON OUT:
|
NO, YOU CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS
|
CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS
|
|
-----------------
|
Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks
|
| Gary U. S. Bonds |
