Stopped over in Austin First sold out show and a lone star beer I kept thinking 'bout Oakland There's too much change coming over the years It's 10 o'clock in the morning And I'm too stressed out, walking down South Congress I don't know if I got this I drank too much coffee and I didn't eat breakfast Don't tell me how to sing this song Don't tell me how to sing this song 'Cause I got everything it takes so Don't try to tell me how to sing it and Don't tell me how to sing this song Another break from the road And I'm stuck to a couch in New York City Been trying to turn my thoughts into gold 'Cause I'm barely getting by on coffee and dumplings Struck nude, I'm still inside 'Cause I wake three times in the middle of the night I'm on edge, I'm off beat I got no bounce in the bottom of my feet 'cause Don't tell me how to sing this song Don't tell me how to sing this song 'Cause I got everything it takes so Don't try to tell me how to sing it and Don't tell me how to sing this song I'm not stopping at all It's summer in the district and it's humid I'm trying to get you to fall In love with the music, it'll save us all I got everything it takes so Don't try to tell me how to sing it and Don't tell me how to sing this song Don't try, don't try to tell me how Don't try to tell me how