Goin' back to alabama Now that i've learned a thing or two Life for me had been so easy But i've got some livin' yet to do 'cause a man who walks by the side of the road Can turn himself around He can pick himself up And dust himself off And start all over again My friend... Some days i didn't wanna wake up in the mornin My family and friends were all down on me I tried to tell 'em where i was goin But they never saw the man i saw in me Some folks call me a dreamer Other folks laughed and called me a fool All i ever wanted to be was a winner cause i know a winner can never lose 'cause a man who walks by the side of the road Can turn himself around He can pick himself up And dust himself off And start all over again 'cause a man who walks by the side of the road Can turn himself around He can pick himself up And dust himself off And start all over again My friend... Yes a man who walks by the side of the road Can turn himself around He can pick himself up And dust himself off And start all over again I'm a man! I'm a man (i'm a man)( You know a man who walks by the side of the road Can turn himself around He can pick himself up And dust himself off And start all over again You know a man who walks by the side of the road Can turn himself around He can pick himself up And dust himself off And start all over again...