Some people say I'm a no count
Others say I'm no good
And I'm just a natural born new born
Doin' what I think I should poor boy
Doin' what I think I should
And I don't give a d**n about a greenback a dollar
Spend it fast as I can
For a whaling song and a big tone
The only things that I understand poor boy
The only things that I understand
Now that I'm grown up
My momma she said son
Travel where you will and grow to be a man
And sing what must be sung poor boy
Sing what must be sung
And I don't give a d**n about a greenback a dollar
Spend it fast as I can
For a whaling song and a big tone
The only things that I understand do you
The only things that I understand
Now that I'm a grown boy
I've travelled here and there
I've learned that a bottle of whisky and a song
The only thing that I care
The only thing that I care
And I don't give a d**n about a greenback a dollar
Spend it fast as I can
For a whaling song and a big tone
The only things that I understand poor boy
The only things that I understand
And I don't give a d**n about a greenback a dollar
Spend it fast as I can
For a whaling song and a big tone
The only things that I understand oh yeah
The only things that I understand
Now that I'm grown up
I've travelled here and there
I've learned that a bottle of whisky and a song
The only thing that I care
The only thing that I care
And I don't give a d**n about a greenback a dollar
Spend it fast as I can
For a whaling song and a big tone
The only things that I understand oh yeah
The only things that I understand oh yeah