(David Lee Murphy)

Well Dad Said Son Don't You Be A Fool
Stay Away From That Old Brown Mule
He's Mean As A Snake And Twice As Quick
Oh But Always That Kind That Had To Be Shown
I Couldn't Listen I Couldn't Be Told
Even Way Back Then I Had To Get My Kicks

Yeah I Been A Rebel And It Don't Pay
There Ain't No Future In Livin' This Way
It Ain't Worth The Trouble And I've Tried To Change
Yeah I Done It The Hard Way All My Life
It's Cost Me Plenty Too Many Times
I Been A Rebel And It Don't Pay

If There's A Bump In The Road Well I Hit 'em All
You Don't Really Learn 'til You Hit A Brick Wall
Back Up And Say Man I Could'a Gone Around That
Yeah Sometimes I Wish I Could Just Go Along
But That Hard Headed Streak's Just A Little Too Long
Gettin' First Hand Knowledge And Goin' Nowhere Fast

Yeah I Been A Rebel And It Don't Pay
There Ain't No Future In Livin' This Way
It Ain't Worth The Trouble And I've Tried To Change
Yeah I Done It The Hard Way All My Life
It's Cost Me Plenty Too Many Times
I Been A Rebel And It Don't Pay

Yeah I Been A Rebel And It Don't Pay
There Ain't No Future In Livin' This Way
It Ain't Worth The Trouble And I've Tried To Change
Yeah I Done It The Hard Way All My Life
It's Cost Me Plenty Too Many Times
I Been A Rebel And It Don't Pay