like a rock

stood there boldly

sweatin' in the sun

felt like a million

felt like number one

the height of summer

i'd never felt that strong

like a rock

i was eighteen

didn't have a care

working for peanuts

not a dime to spare

but i was lean and

solid everywhere

like a rock

my hands were steady

my eyes were clear and bright

my walk had purpose

my steps were quick and light

and i held firmly

to what i felt was right

like a rock

like a rock

i was strong as i could be

like a rock

nothin' ever got to me

like a rock

i was something to see

like a rock

and i stood arrow-straight

unencumbered by the weight

of all these hustlers and their schemes

i stood proud

i stood tall

high above it all

i still believed in my dreams

twenty years now

where'd they go?

twenty years

i don't know

i sit and i wonder sometimes

where they've gone

and sometimes late at night

oh

when i'm bathed in the firelight

the moon comes callin' a ghostly white

and i recall

i recall

like a rock

standin' arrow-straight

like a rock

chargin' from the gate

like a rock

carryin' the weight

like a rock

like a rock

the sun upon my skin

like a rock

hard against the wind

like a rock

i see myself again

like a rock

oh

like a rock!