sunday morning the kids are playing in the street
lookin´ for pennies in the cracks of the concrete
and i´m looking down at them while i´m sittin´ on the roof
prayin´ to a bottle of 86 proof

well, the sun she came a-risin´ so strong and proud
took one look down upon this town and hid behind the clouds

i don´t need no reasons or excuses for myself
i laugh to keep from cryin´ like everybody else

i lost my job but i don´t like to think about it
i get enough money to drink enough to forget about it
i ain´t no beggar but they say i got the symptoms
they break a man´s legs and then they blame him for limpin´

well, the sun she came a-risin´ so strong and proud
took one look down upon this town and hid behind the clouds

i don´t need no reasons or excuses for myself
i laugh to keep from cryin´ just like everybody else