[Intro] Good lovin' man... (Doing the best I can...) (Doing the best I can...) [Verse 1] Something mutated when I was created Because the two of you don't share one selfish cell Lovin' and lustin', unthorough job rushin' You never knew your boy was raised so well Saturday AM you wake up, volunteer all over town Saturday PM I rise up from my coffin in the ground If actions speak louder, then I hardly make a sound Stay above just enough so as not to drown [Pre-Chorus] The most I could ever hope to do is follow the model set by you I don't want to waste your time The most I could ever hope to do is follow the model set by you Make me want to be, make me want to be Make me want to be an- [Chorus] Honest man Honest man Doing the best I can Honest man Honest man Doing the best I can I don't care much for karma Don't believe in the promised land! What's it gonna take to make me an honest man? [Verse 2] Wondering how the hell I ever got a hold of you We stayed high, maybe that's why you stayed so long? Overtaken by complacency as boredom took on you I stayed oblivious until you were already gone Moving is hard, but stagnation is harder I can no longer be a burden, can't create no more martyrs I need a light, cause I'm no self-starter Hope I figure it out before I'm someone's father [Pre-Chorus] The most I could ever hope to be is that to you which you were to me To your life what you were to mine The most I could ever hope to be is that to you which you were to me Make me wanna be an Make me want to be, make me want to be Make me want to be an- Honest man Honest man Doing the best I can Honest man Honest man Doing the best I can I don't care much for karma Don't believe in the promised land! What's it gonna take to make me an honest man? Honest man (I'm an honest man) Hardworking man (Hardworking man) Good lovin' man (Good lovin' man) Hardworking man (Hardworking man) Tell me what's it gonna take to make me An honest man (I'm an honest man) Good lovin' man (Good lovin' man) Hardworkin' man (Hardworkin' man) Good lovin' man (Good lovin' man) An honest man! (An honest man!) Good lovin' man (Good lovin' man) Hardworkin' man (Hardworkin' man) Good lovin'... [Instrumental Break] [Outro] Good lovin' Man! Doing the best I can Man! Doing the best I can Man! Doing the best I can Doing the best I can, the best I can Doing the best I can, the best I can Doing the best I can, the best I can Don't care much for karma, don't believe in the promised land! What's it gonna take to make me an honest man?