I Take a Lot of Pride In What I Am

Things I learned in a hobo jungle Were things they never taught me in a class room Like where to find a handout While thumbing through Chicago in the afternoon Hey, I'm not bragging or complaining I'm just talking to myself man to man This old lentil fat I'm chewing Well, didn't take a lot of doing But I take a lot 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 phonebooks And looking for my Daddy's name in every town And I meet lots of people But I always wind up leaving on the lam Hey, where I've been, where I'm going I didn't take a lot of knowing But I take a lot 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 beach or 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 a lot of pride in what I am This old lentil fat I'm chewing A-didn't take a lot of doing I take a lot of pride in what I am Oh, where I've been or where I'm going I didn't take, take a lot of knowing But I take a lot of pride in what I am