Got my head on my shoulders, my feet on the ground

To keep from breakin' out of this blues side of town

If you have to know, do you have to know

I've been too far up, too far down, if you have to know



They went and locked me up for 47 days

Wouldn't let me out and I wouldn't change my ways

If you have to know, do you want to know

I take what I get and I play where I stay, if you have to know



I'm a runaway engine on a midnight line

No destination and no track of time

Ain't worried about yours, don't worry about mine

If you have to know, since you have to know



Well too many bars and too many nights

Too many lefts and not enough rights

If you have to know, do you have to know

I'm the last one to leave and the first one to fight, if you have to know



Got a whole lot of women, a whole lot of beer

Half outta whiskey and flat out of Chester Fields

If you have to know....do you have to know

I got some kinda deal but it's all up to you, if you have to know