Words of Earnest

Lived in the city and I lived in the wood
 Lived through the fire and I lived through the flood
 Lived through the summer when the creek went dry
 Guess I'll keep living til the day I die
 I think I've done everything in my time
 Everything I didn't do wasn't worth do when I had that time
 Oh no
 Talked to the prophets and I talked to the fool
 Even tried work and I even tried school
 Fell in love I got pushed through hate
 Even drove my car through a big steel gate
 I think I've done everything in my time
 Everything I didn't do wasn't worth do when I had that time
 Deep in the hills of old Kentucky, once lived a man I used to know
 He got up every morning at the crack
 of dawn, Earnest was his name you know
 He was full of love and understanding, never had a nickel or a dime
 "Happiness is free" is what he said
 to me, Earnest was a friend of mine
 Friend of mine
 To many people on the same old road
 Loaded down with the same old load
 To live a good life you can't do it that way
 'Cause every day is different and it's different every day
 Gotta do everything, in your time
 Everything you wanna do, really worth do when I had that time
 Oh yeah it is
 Nobody knows when I'm lonely, nobody knows when I'm blue
 Nobody knows when I'm happy, nobody knows that I'm blue
 Nobody knows that I love everyone, nobody knows that I'm fine
 Nobody ever gets in my way, 'cause nobody's on my mind