Rock While I Can Rock (Album Version)

One, two, three
My father's dead and gone he said that poor old stubborn man
Spent his whole life farming that red clay Georgia land
Finally got so weak and old he could not even walk, yeah
All went down from then I swear he could not even talk, hey
Hey life will wear you down now dude and time will take its toll
I'm trying to rock, well I can rock
I'm trying to roll, well I can roll
My father left my ma they almost married on the spot
Turned 18 in church and moved in right back home to lot
All them work years later she's the only gal he'd known
It might be fine for him but I got lightning in my bones
I dreamed a thousand dreams about traveling in my soul
I'm trying to rock, well I can rock
I'm trying to roll, well I can roll
They laughed at me at school and said I always act too fast
That's just what it got to mean you'd always wind up last
I've always been the smallest in a house of seven kids
Never got my share back then no matter what I did
Now I'm off and running boys with two good simple goals
I'm trying to rock, well I can rock
I'm trying to roll, well I can roll
I'm sailing out for England soon I'm working on a boat
See this whole wide world before I'm old enough to vote
I might write home to mama but I sure won't tell it all
He grabbed his guns and rose his cap and walked on down the hall, yeah
On your feet and find it son the next damn day you're old
I'm trying to rock, well I can rock
I'm trying to roll, well I can roll
Oh yeah