Doin' The Best I Can

Lyric:
Now I don't have a trade or a skilled vocation 
About the extent of my education 
Is what I've learnt in the school they call Hard Knocks 
Some say that brain is all I lack 
And my train of thought has jumped the track 
But I still do the best I can with what I've got

Now I'm not full of vinegar and stuff 
Just mostly beans and weak ol' snuff 
But I've never tried to be something that I'm not 
I'll leave settin' fires to some other guy 
But I've still kept my matches dry 
But I do the best I can with what I've got

Chorus:
I do the best I can with what they give me 
And I'm in this world to stay, like it or not 
I'm bad as some and I'm worse than others 
But I'd rather not change if I'd have my 'druthers 
I'm doin' the best I can with what I've got

Now the boss expects me out on the dock 
Bright and early to punch that clock 
He wants a regular Johnny-on-the-spot 
I said "Boss, I'm slow and kinda Squirrly 
So if I'm not bright I'll try and be early 
And I do the best I can with what I've got

There's the "Horses' water" and the "Early bird's worm"' 
And all them sayins that make you learn 
But I've never found those sayins all that hot 
And I hold a simple philosophy
"If you can't eat or kiss it, just leave it be 
And do the best you can with what you've got"

Chorus

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Words and music: Dick Feller  © House Of Cash