roughneck

born to be a roughneck

i'll never amount to nothin'

pullin' case and layin' pipe

is hard labor

well

i was born in a boomer shack

'bout a half mile from town

papa was a driller on a wildcat crew

and my mama never was around

i learn to cuss when i was two

and fight when i was three

and by the time i was five there was no kid alive

could ever get the best of me

born to be a roughneck

i'll never amount to nothin'

pullin' case and layin' pipe

is hard labor

well

i started workin' like a regular man

when i was just about knee high

skinning the knuckles with my two bare hands

but they never heard me cry

i remember walkin' down the road

and hearin' somebody say

he was born to live a rougneck's life

and he's never gonna change his ways

born to be a roughneck

i'll never amount to nothin'

pullin' case and layin' pipe

is hard labor

born to be a roughneck

i'll never amount to nothin'

pullin' case and layin' pipe

is hard labor