Dwight Yoakam (with Buck Owens) - Streets Of Bakersfield lyrics

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I came here looking for something<br />

I couldn't find anywhere else<br />

Hey, I'm not tryin' to be nobody<br />

I just want a chance to be myself<br />

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I've spent a thousand miles of thumbin'<br />

Yes, I've worn blisters on my heels<br />

Tryin' to find me something better<br />

Here on the streets of Bakersfield<br />

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Hey, you don't know me but you don't like me<br />

Say you careless how I feel<br />

'Cause how many of you that sit and judge me<br />

Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield<br />

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Spent some time in San Francisco<br />

I spent a night there in the can<br />

They threw this drunk man in my jail cell<br />

I took fifteen dollars from that man<br />

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Left him my watch and my old house key<br />

Don't want folks thinkin' that I'd steal<br />

Then I thanked him as he was leaving<br />

And I headed out for Bakersfield<br />

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Hey, you don't know me but you don't like me<br />

Say you careless how I feel<br />

'Cause how many of you that sit and judge me<br />

Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield<br />

<br />

Hey, you don't know me but you don't like me<br />

Say you careless how I feel<br />

'Cause how many of you that sit and judge me<br />

Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield<br />

<br />

How many of you that sit and judge me<br />

Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield