Everywhere

Ain’t got time to be pretty
I’m much too nitty-gritty
To be cool, calm and collected
I live my life my way
Feel good most every day
But I’m not too well respected
Come on, why don’t you come on
To the joy that’s in the air
It’s strong, so strong
You feel it everywhere
Up there, there’s a place I know
It’s just a good place to go
If you’re gonna go there
Let me know and I’ll go
I haven’t been in many fights
And I don’t know what it’s like
To be bled, bruised and infected
The other life is not for me
I’d rather stay loose and free
I haven’t been overprotected
Come on, get out of the cold
You may enjoy getting old
Come in to where it is
And you’ll be everywhere
Up there, there’s a place I know
It’s just a good place to go
If you’re gonna go there
Let me know and I’ll go
I will never be
The me they’d like to see
And that’s cleaned, preened and inspected
I feel an independence now
And I don’t think that I know how
To feel hurt, spurned and neglected
Come on, why don’t you come on
To the joy that’s there
It’s strong, so strong
You feel it everywhere
Up there, there’s a place I know
It’s just a good place to go
And if you’re gonna go there
Let me know and I’ll go