I was born the oldest one with patience like my mother The fire and heart of my father and a spirit of my own A will to work and an eager mind that kept me out of trouble Never one to dare double, I was honest to the bone And I didn't know I didn't really know I didn't really know what I was doin' But I did I was born a dreamer dead set on doin' Shakin' and a-movin' far away from here I found freedom in a melody and the girl(?) kept me grounded My words, how they sounded like the flight of all my fears And I didn't know I didn't really know I didn't really know what I was doin' But I did I live my life out on the highway I'm gone so often I lose track Though I won't forget just where I came from I might not make it back I was born the oldest one with patience like my mother The fire and heart of my father and a spirit of my own And I don't know I don't really know I don't really know what I'm doin'