I came here looking for something
I couldn't find anywhere else
Hey, I'm not tryin' to be nobody
I just want a chance to be myself

I've spent a thousand miles of thumbin'
Yes, I've worn blisters on my heels
Tryin' to find me something better
Here on the streets of Bakersfield

Hey, you don't know me but you don't like me
Say, you careless how I feel
How many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

Spent some time in San Francisco
I spent a night there in the can
They threw this drunk man in my jail cell
I took fifteen dollars from that man

Left him my watch and my house key
Don't want folks thinkin' that I'd steal
Then I thanked him as I was leavin'
And I headed out for Bakersfield

Hey, you don't know me but you don't like me
Say, you careless how I feel
How many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

Hey, you don't know me but you don't like me
Say, you careless how I feel
How many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

How many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?