I Take Alot Of Pride In What I Am — текст песни (Dean Martin)

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
Didn`t take alot of doing
But I take alot of pride in what I am

I guess I grew up a loner
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 end up leaving on the lam
Hey where I`ve been, where I`m going
I didn`t take alot of knowing
But I take alot 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 have a title
And I take alot of pride in what I am

This old lentil fat I`m chewing
Didn`t take alot of doing
I take alot of pride in what I am