Things I learned in a hobo jungle
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Were things they never taught me in a class room
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Like where to find a handout
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While thumbing through Chicago in the afternoon
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Hey I'm not bragging or complaining
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I'm just talking to myself man to man
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This old lentil fat I'm chewing
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Didn't take alot of doing
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But I take alot of pride in what I am
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I guess I grew up a loner
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Don't remember ever having any folks around
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But I keep thumbing through the phonebooks
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And looking for my Daddy's name in every town
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And I meet lots of people
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But I always end up leaving on the lam
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Hey where I've been, where I'm going
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I didn't take alot of knowing
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But I take alot of pride in what I am
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I never travel in a hurry
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'Cause I got nobody waiting for me anywhere
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Home is anywhere I'm living
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If it's sleeping on some vacant beach or city square
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Or if I'm working on some road gang
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Or just living off the fat of our great land
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I never been nobody's idol but at least I have a title
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And I take alot of pride in what I am
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This old lentil fat I'm chewing
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Didn't take alot of doing
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I take alot of pride in what I am
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I Take Alot Of Pride In What I Am
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Dean Martin |