was only a few years agonnsince i bought my friend's car and i moved farnna long long way downnna long, long way from homennnot really knowin where i was goinnnbut just knowing i had to hit the roadnnjust a poor boynnjust a poor old wandering soulnnnever thought twice about my life or my identitynnnnselling everything that i ownnncashing in both my loansnnand i sacrificed that old college degreennoh just to be what i wanted to bennjust to see everything that i always hoped that i'd always seennand there's a great life's work in front menni'd never heard that it'd ever come so easynncause all i know is that there's only one thing left to believenni got my work cut out for menni got my work cut out for mennnnnever once did i ever feel that i'd ever be alonenncause i always had the best of my friendsnnand the rest of my family out there with me everywhere that i gonnand it's behind closed eyes i see them smilingnnand they're laughing and clapping and oh they're having a ballnnwith their little boy lost who is tryingnnand he'll try it allnnnnbut there's a great deal of life's work in front of menni never thought that i'd ever be oh so easynncause i never heard that it's only one else and it's only one thing to believenni got my work cut out for menni got my work cut out for mennnnand some day the words don't work nnand i forget all about what i've spoken for nnbut god knows it doesn't hurt nni gotta keep on, keep on keepin on nnbecause i'll make morennand there's a great life's work in front of menni never dreamed, and i never hoped it'd ever be easynnnnbut i left home with the only thing that my daddy taught me, boynnsaid son you gotta believe itnni got my work cut out for menni got my work cut out for menni got my work cut out for menni got my work cut out for me