Words of Earnest

Lived in the city and I lived in the wood Lived through the fire and I lived through the flood Lived through the summer when the creek went dry Guess I'll keep living til the day I die I think I've done everything in my time Everything I didn't do wasn't worth do when I had that time Oh no Talked to the prophets and I talked to the fool Even tried work and I even tried school Fell in love I got pushed through hate Even drove my car through a big steel gate I think I've done everything in my time Everything I didn't do wasn't worth do when I had that time Deep in the hills of old Kentucky, once lived a man I used to know He got up every morning at the crack Of dawn, Earnest was his name you know He was full of love and understanding, never had a nickel or a dime "Happiness is free" is what he said To me, Earnest was a friend of mine Friend of mine To many people on the same old road Loaded down with the same old load To live a good life you can't do it that way 'Cause every day is different and it's different every day Gotta do everything, in your time Everything you wanna do, really worth do when I had that time Oh yeah it is Nobody knows when I'm lonely, nobody knows when I'm blue Nobody knows when I'm happy, nobody knows that I'm blue Nobody knows that I love everyone, nobody knows that I'm fine Nobody ever gets in my way, 'cause nobody's on my mind