Well I was just eighteen years oldnI sat down on some stairsnI blew on some notes and gathered some votesnAnd my blues began to shake that city airnDrowned my life in fearnAnd take me through your yearsnBut when I find I've got my piece of mindnLord knows you can spare me your tearsnnWell I was just fresh out of schoolnI didn't abide your city rulesnStayed out late at night I did nothing alrightnAnd man you know I went and blew it allnDrowned my life in fearnAnd take me through your yearsnAnd when I find I've got my piece of mindnLord knows you can spare me your tearsnnHey little womannI said I hear you real goodnHey little womannI know that I'm feeling like a good man shouldnOoh, yeah alrightnnI've had me some real good yearsnI've got to loosen my tearsnI had me fight but it worked out alrightnAnd those blues of mine began to disappearnI drowned my life in fearnAnd took me through my yearsnBut when I find I've lost my piece of mindnLord knows you can spare me your tearsnnn