I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am Lyrics

The song I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am is performed by Merle Haggard in the album named 40 Greatest Hits in the year 2004 .



Things I learned in hobo jungle
Were things they never taught me in a cla*s room
Like where to find a hand out
While bummin' through Chicago in the afternoon

Hey, I'm not braggin' or complainin'
I'm just talkin' to myself man to man
This ol' mental fat I'm chewin' didn't take a lotta doin'
But I take a lot of pride in what I am

I guess I grew up a loner
I don't remember ever havin' any folks around
But I keep thumbin' through the phonebooks
And looking for my daddy's name in every town

And I meet lots of friendly people
But I'll always wind up leavin' on the lam
Hey, where I've been or where I'm goin'
Didn't take a lotta knowin'

But I take a lot of pride in what I am
I never travel in a hurry
Because I got nobody waitin' for me anywhere
Home is anywhere I'm livin'

If it's sleepin' on some vacant bench in City Square
Or if I'm workin' on some road gang
Or just livin' off the fat of our great land
I never been nobody's idol but at least I got a title

And I take a lot of pride in what I am
I never been nobody's idol
I take a lot of pride in what I am
I take a lot of pride in what I am



Merle Haggard - 40 Greatest Hits

May 2004

  1. My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers
  2. I'm A Lonesome Fugitive
  3. The Bottle Let Me Down
  4. Branded Man
  5. I Threw Away The Rose
  6. Sing Me Back Home
  7. Mama Tried
  8. The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde
  9. Hungry Eyes
  10. I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am
  11. Okie From Muskogee
  12. Workin' Man Blues
  13. The Fightin' Side Of Me
  14. Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
  15. Someday We'll Look Back
  16. Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia
  17. The Farmer's Daughter
  18. Carolyn
  19. If It's Wrong To Love You
  20. It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
  21. Turnin' Off A Memory
  22. Everybody's Had The Blues
  23. If We Make It Through December
  24. The Emptiest Arms In The World
  25. Holding Things Together
  26. Kentucky Gambler
  27. Old Man From The Mountain
  28. Things Aren't Funny Anymore
  29. It Makes No Difference Now
  30. Always Wanting You
  31. It's All In The Movies
  32. Cherokee Maiden
  33. Shackles And Chains
  34. The Roots Of My Raising
  35. From Graceland To The Promised Land
  36. I'm Always On A Mountain When I Fall
  37. It's Been A Great Afternoon
  38. Misery And Gin
  39. The Way I Am
  40. I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink

I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am