Once my future was shiny as the

Seat of my pants are today

Then old mother luck and all her

Daughters started duckin' me

When I finally got tired of just sittin' there

Watching my life slip away

I said I better start takin' all the living

That's a-comin' to me



Chorus:

Now I love too much, fight too much

Stay out late at night too much

But you bet your butt I'm going to

Live before I die

And I may smoke too much, drink too much

Every blessed thing too much

It's a low-down life, but it ain't gonna pass me by



I don't care if the world don't ever hear

The sound of my name

And old mother luck and all her daughters

Keep a-duckin' me

As long as that cat that I gotta look at when

I shave ain't ashamed

There ain't no Jody in the world

I'd ever rather be.



Chorus:

Now I love too much, fight too much

Stay out late at night too much

But you bet your butt I'm going to

Live before I die

And I may smoke too much, drink too much

Every blessed thing too much

It's a low-down life, but it ain't gonna pass me by