Joe Louis Walker - Blues Survivor lyrics

I'm a true blues survivor, I'm proud I am I tried a little bit of this and a little bit of that Searching for something that would be right for me Tryin' to find some place where I belong at I tried a little rock, I tried a little roll I tried a little top hit(?) and I tried a little soul Hey hey you don't know what it's like Fightin' the powers all of my life I've got my own way of walkin' My own way of talkin' I'll do what I want and I'll do what I like Yeah yeah Sixteen years old, I'm fresh outa school Tryin' to figure out what I want to do I couldn't find no work and I couldn't stay at home The only thing to do was to sing the blues I practise every day, go travellin' every night Tryin' not to get it wrong, I'm still tryin' to get it right Hey hey you don't know what I've done All my life I've beren under the gun I want to do my own drivin' I'm true blues survivin' And that's what's keepin' me strong strong strong Yeah yeah (solo) (I'm a true blues survivor) I've been left in distress up sky high (I'm a true blues survivor) I've been busted and mistrusted, left by myself (I'm a true blues survivor) I've been up, I've been down, left all around (I'm a true blues survivor) I been busted, mistrusted, I been up, I been down, Locked in, left out, kept me hangin' around (I'm a true blues survivor) (I'm a true blues survivor) (I'm a true blues survivor)