Some people say I'm a no count

Others say I'm no good

And I'm just a natural born new born

Doin' what I think I should poor boy

Doin' what I think I should

And I don't give a damn about a greenback a dollar

Spend it fast as I can

For a whaling song and a big tone

The only things that I understand poor boy

The only things that I understand

Now that I'm grown up

My momma she said son

Travel where you will and grow to be a man

And sing what must be sung poor boy

Sing what must be sung

And I don't give a damn about a greenback a dollar

Spend it fast as I can

For a whaling song and a big tone

The only things that I understand do you

The only things that I understand

Now that I'm a grown boy

I've travelled here and there

I've learned that a bottle of whisky and a song

The only thing that I care

The only thing that I care

And I don't give a damn about a greenback a dollar

Spend it fast as I can

For a whaling song and a big tone

The only things that I understand poor boy

The only things that I understand

And I don't give a damn about a greenback a dollar

Spend it fast as I can

For a whaling song and a big tone

The only things that I understand oh yeah

The only things that I understand

Now that I'm grown up

I've travelled here and there

I've learned that a bottle of whisky and a song

The only thing that I care

The only thing that I care

And I don't give a damn about a greenback a dollar

Spend it fast as I can

For a whaling song and a big tone

The only things that I understand oh yeah

The only things that I understand oh yeah