Merle Haggard - The Way I Am lyrics

[Verse] Wish I was down on some blue bayou With a bamboo cane stuck in the sand But the road I'm on, don't seem to go there So I just dream, keep on being the way I am Wish I enjoyed what makes my living Did what I do with a willing hand Some would run, but that ain't like me So I just dream and keep on being the way I am [Chorus] [x2] The way I am, don't fit my shackles The way I am, reality I can almost see that bobber dancing But I just dream, keep on being the way I am [Outro] I just dream, keep on being the way I am