Lyric I ve Been A Rebel (And It Don t Pay)

(David Lee Murphy)

Well dad said son don t you be a fool
Stay away from that old brown mule
He s mean as a snake and twice as quick
Oh but always that kind that had to be shown
I couldn t listen I couldn t be told
Even way back then I had to get my kicks

Yeah I been a rebel and it don t pay
There ain t no future in livin this way
It ain t worth the trouble and I ve tried to change
Yeah I done it the hard way all my life
It s cost me plenty too many times
I been a rebel and it don t pay

If there s a bump in the road well I hit em all
You don t really learn til you hit a brick wall
Back up and say man I could a gone around that
Yeah sometimes I wish I could just go along
But that hard headed streak s just a little too long
Gettin first hand knowledge and goin nowhere fast

Yeah I been a rebel and it don t pay
There ain t no future in livin this way
It ain t worth the trouble and I ve tried to change
Yeah I done it the hard way all my life
It s cost me plenty too many times
I been a rebel and it don t pay

Yeah I been a rebel and it don t pay
There ain t no future in livin this way
It ain t worth the trouble and I ve tried to change
Yeah I done it the hard way all my life
It s cost me plenty too many times
I been a rebel and it don t pay