[Verse 1]
Been ridin’ this lonesome highway
Not so long at all
Trying hard not to think about
The many ways there are to fall
[Verse 2]
Been kicked around a lot, you know
But not enough to have the blues
I’m wondering how long it will take
‘Til I’ve paid all those dues
[Refrain]
By all accounts I guess you’d say
I’m still just a beginner
But, by golly, my momma said
I was a winner
[Verse 3]
I drink and cuss and smoke and sex
Gamble, steal and all the rest, it’s so
Sometimes you’ll do anything
To keep from finding the straight and narrow
[Verse 4]
But living hard and dying fast
Is never in the plan
I just take what I can get
And try to do the best I can
[Refrain]
Might wind up in Topeka
And have to turn tricks for my dinner
But, by golly, my momma said
I was a winner
[Solo]
[Refrain]
If I confessed onlinе to Benny
He’d call me a virtual sinnеr
But, by golly, my momma said
I was a winner
I said that my momma thinks
I am a winner
Goddamnit, my momma said
I was