Man
You know I done enjoyed things that kings and queens will never have
In fact, kings and queens can never get
And they don't even know about
And good times, mmm-mmm

I have had my fun
If I never get well no more
I have had my fun
If I never get well no more
Oh, my health is fading, oh
Oh, yes I'm going down slow

Now lookit here
I did not say I was a millionaire
But I said I have spent more money than a millionaire
'Cause if I had kept all the money then I had already spent
I would've been a millionaire a long time ago
And women, great googly-moogly!

Please write my mama
Tell her the shape I'm in
Please write my ol' mother
Tell her the shape I'm in
Tell her to pray for, oh
Forgive me for my sins


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