I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song

I'm gonna live the life I sing about in my song I'm gonna stand right and always showing the wrong If I'm in the crowd, if I'm alone, on the streets or in my home I'm gonna live the life I sing about in my song Yes, yeah Every day, everywhere, on the busy thoroughfare Some may watch me, some may spot me Say I'm foolish but I don't care 'Cause I can't say one thing, and then live another Be a saint by day, and a devil undercover I gotta live the life I sing about in my song If at day, if at night I must always walk in the light Some mistake me, underrate me Because I, I wanna do it right Oh, I cannot march on the street And shout all day Sunday Open all my knees for them Then on a Monday, I got to live The life I sing about Sing my song, oh yes, sing my song I got to live the life I sing about in my song, yes, in my song I'm gonna stand for justice And always shout the role I can't say one thing, and then live another Be a slave by day or a devil undercover I got to live I got to live The life I sing about, in my song Oh, in my song Yeah, in my song Oh-oh-oh, in my song, song