Billy Joe Shaver



Yea, well I spent a lifetime

Just makin up my mind to be,

More than the measure of

What I thought others could see.

Good luck and those fast bucks

Are too few, and too far between,

Those other Cadillac drivers

And those old five and dimers like me.



You know, she stood beside me,

Tellin me she would be something to lean on,

When everything ran out on me.

No fenced yards ain t hole cards

Like as not, never will be.

Any reason for rhymers

And those old five and dimers like me.



Now I ve searched for so long,

Now that I ve found that I believe

All that I do or say

Is all I ever will be.

Too far and too high and too deep

Ain t too much to be.

Yeah, too much just ain t enough

For those old five and dimers like me.

I guess an old five and dimer 

Is all I intended to be.