Going back to Alabama
Now that I've learned the thing too
Life with me ain't been so easy
But I've got some living yet to do

"?Cos a man who walks by the side of the road
can turn himself around
he can pick himself fast, just himself fast
and start all over again, my friend

Some days I didn't wanna wake up in the morning
My family and friends were all down on me
I tried to tell "?em where I was going
But they never saw the man I saw in me

Some folks called me a dreamer
Other folks left and called me a fool
All I ever wanted to be was a winner
"?cos I know a winner can never lose

"?Cos a man who walks "¦