I do my best to play by the rules I've bend a couple even break a few Don't get me wrong, i wanna do right I just can't seem to live in a virtuous light Headaches by the bottle, heartaches by the number Six of one, half dozen of the other I fell in love with a preachers daughter They washed my soul in the holy water I gave her my heart and bought her a house The devil broke in and broke me out Now i owe the bank some money and i lost another lover Six of one, half dozen of the other No matter how you add it up it's always the same I give it my best and all i gets the blame I'm living and loving and barely breaking even Can't be me must be the company i'm keeping I went on out and made some brand new friends Started my life all over again Now some of them are saints and some of them are sinners I'mstill searching for a way to be a winner I roll box cars one way or another Six of one, half dozen of the other