My Own Sweet Way - Tom Robinson

I grew up on the Gaza strip

A pirate and a clown

And no one in authority

Could ever grind me down

Been upside down and inside out

More cynical than sinning

And if you think you know me well

I’m only just beginning

Hey, hey… I can’t stay

I’m gonna go my own sweet way

Living life from day to day

No matter what you do or say

Hey, hey, hey… my own sweet way

Society has lied to me

I grew up and believed

That men were men and never cry

Or show the way they feel

You filled me up with prejudice

And tried to waste my time

You won’t get any more of me

The rest is strictly mine

Hey, hey… I can’t stay

I’m gonna go my own sweet way

Living life from day to day

No matter what you do or say

Hey, hey, hey… my own sweet way

I wish I’d seen it all before

I wish I’d wondered how

To smell the rain and see the trees

I’m glad to have it now

And looking back on everything

I’ve undergone and known

It’s funnier than words can say

And way too close to home

Hey, hey… I can’t stay

I’m gonna go my own sweet way

Living life from day to day

No matter what you do or say

Hey, hey, hey… my own sweet way