I CAME HERE LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING
I COULDN'T FIND
ANYWHERE ELSE
HEY I'M NOT TRYING
TO BE NOBODY
I JUST WANT A CHANCE
TO BE MYSELF
I'VE SPENT A THOUSAND
MILES A THUMBIN'
YES I'VE WORN BLISTERS
ON MY HEELS
TRYING TO FIND
ME SOMETHING BETTER
HERE ON THE STREETS
OF BAKERSFIELD
HEY YOU DON'T KNOW
ME BUT YOU
DON'T LIKE ME
YOU SAY YOU CARE
LESS HOW I FEEL
HOW MANY OF YOU
THAT SIT AND JUDGE ME
EVER WALKED THE
STREETS OF
BAKERSFIELD
15 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
I'VE SPENT SOMETIME
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 OLD HOUSE KEY
DON'T WANT FOLKS
THINKIN' THAT
I'D STEAL
THEN I THANKED HIM
AS I WAS LEAVING
AND I HEADED OUT
FOR BAKERSFIELD
HEY YOU DON'T KNOW
ME BUT YOU
DON'T LIKE ME
YOU SAY YOU CARE
LESS 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
YOU SAY YOU CARE
LESS 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