Way I Am Lyrics - Merle Haggard

Wish I was down on some blue bayou 

With a bamboo cane stuck in the sand 

But the road I'm on, don't seem to go there 

So I just dream, keep on being the way I am 

Wish I enjoyed what makes my living 

Did what I do with a willin' hand 

Some would run, ah, but that ain't like me 

So I just dream and keep on bein' the way I am 

The way I am, don't fit my shackles 

The way I am, reality 

I can almost see that bobber dancin' 

So I just dream, keep on being the way I am 

The way I am, don't fit my shackles 

The way I am, reality 

I can almost see that bobber dancin', 

So I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am