Strollin' along the waterfront docks
With my pride in a puddle and my heart in a box
Gonna put her in the water, see if she floats
I got a sneakin' premonition that she probably won't
Taped up, nailed down, properly locked
Yeah my pride's in a puddle and my heart's in a box
Got a clogged radiator, a bad set of shocks
I got a black Trans Am but she's up on blocks
Gonna put her on the road, see if she rolls
Neighborhood kids tell me that she's too damn old
Cracked windshield but the radio rocks
I got a black Trans Am but she's up on blocks
A burnt-out barbeque, a tv in hock
A frozen thermometer, a wound-down clock
They tell me that I'm livin' on borrowed time
I don't know whose it is if it isn't mine
I'm a junkyard baby, overstocked
I got a frozen thermometer and wound-down clock
Got a fallow field, a shepherdless flock
The hens are in the henhouse courtin' the fox
Mule ran off with the plow
I'm drawing sour milk from a sallow cow
The wolves do the jitterbug with the ox
The hens are in the henhouse courtin' the fox
I got no shoes, got holes in my socks
Summa cum laude from the school of hard knocks
I deserve everything that's come my way
Some good, some bad, some's hard to say
You might be surprised if these scars could talk
I'm summa cum laude from the school of hard knocks
Strollin' along the waterfront docks
With my pride in a puddle and my heart in a box
Gonna put her in the water, see if she floats
I got a sneakin' premonition that she float like a boat
Open up wide, I'm sailing through your locks
With my pride in a puddle and my heart in a box
