I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am

(album: Pride In What I Am - 1969)

Things I learned in a hobo jungle
Were things they never taught me in a classroom,
Like where to find a handout
While thumbing through Chicago in the afternoon.
Hey, I'm not bragging or complaining,
Just talking to myself man to man.
This ole' mental fat I'm chewing didn't take alot of doing.
But I take alot 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 phone books,
And looking for my daddy's name in every town.
And I meet lots of friendly people,
That I always end up leaving on the lam.
Where I've been or where I'm going
Didn't take alot of knowing,
But I take alot 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 bench in 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 alot of pride in what I am.

I never been nobody's idol, But at least I got a title,
And I take alot of pride in what I am.

I take alot of pride in what I am.

I take alot of pride in what I am...