1. COME UP NORTH ACTIN CRAZY EVERY DAY,
CAUSE DOWN SOUTH THEY WOULDNT LET ME ACT THAT WAY,
AND IM MAD AT EVERY PERSON,THAT EVER LOOKED
CROSSEYED AT ME;
2. CAME UP HERE TO FIND MYSELF A BETTER LIFE,
BUT DEPEOPLES ALWAYS MAKE ME PULL MY KNIFE,
YOU KNOW THEY ALWAYS AGGRAVATE ME,
AND MAKE ME EVIL AS CAN BE;
*REFRAIN
FOLLOWIN RULES AINT MY STYLE,
I WAS BORN TO BE BUCKWILD;
3. THEY COMPLAIN THAT I FUSS AND LIKE TO FIGHT,
AND MY NEIGHBORS TIRED OF POLICE EVERY NIGHT,
AND IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME,
HOW I SHAME MY FAMILY,
4. EVEN THOUGH I ALWAYS LOSE AND NEVER WIN,
BUT IM ALRIGHT LONG AS I GOT MY DRINK OF GIN.
GETTING FIRED FROM MY EMPLOYMENT,
ACTIN INGNORANT AS CAN BE;
SOLO THEN GO TO *
5. IF I WAS ABLE TO TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME,
I WOULD LISTEN MORE AND CHANGE MY FRAME OF MIND,
NOW IM SITTIN IN THE JAILHOUSE,
PREACHER PLEASE COME PRA.Y FOR ME;.
6. IF I HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE BACK WHAT IVE DONE
I WOULD REALIZE IM NOT THE ONLY ONE
THAT WAS RAISING SO MUCH HELL AND THOUGHT THAT I WAS HAVIN FUN.