Well, I came into the city
With a swansuit on my back
I didn't have no place to live
I didn't even have a country shack
I didn't have no money
Didn't even have a place to go
Just one thing on my mind
I'm gonna tell you so you know

I've been hurt so bad now
Couldn't know the way I feel
Well, I tell you
I've been hurt so bad
Gonna take a long, long time to heal

Well, I got myself a woman
Then I proved myself a man
Got myself a place to live
Gonna do the best I can
Got myself some money
Even got myself a place to go
One thing on my mind
I'm gonna tell you so you know

Well, I've been hurt so bad now
You couldn't know the way I feel
No, no
I've been hurt so bad
Gonna take a long, long time to heal
Well, I stand and fall, kickin' round
Lord, I've been thrown out of every place, yeah
I've been
One thing I gotta do
Got to sing my song to you
Before my dyin' day
That's right

Hooh

Well, I've been stoopin', fallin', I've been kicked around
Lord, I've been thrown out of every place
Ah, just one thing I gotta do
I gotta sing my song to you
Before my dyin' day
Yeah

Yeah, ah, hooh
Let me tell you
I've been living in the city
Said I've been living in the city, yeah
I've been walkin', talkin', livin', dyin', laughin', cryin'
Yeah, let me tell
One thing I gotta do
Oh, you couldn't know the way I feel
Oh, no
Cause I've been hurt so bad
I gonna take a long time to heal
Let me hear you playin' now, ah

Hey, now

Well, I've been hurt so bad
Gonna take a long, long time to heal

I've been hurt so bad now
Gonna take a long, long, long time to heal

Yeah, I've been hurt so bad
Gonna take a long, long time to heal

Yeah, I've been hurt so bad now
Gonna take a long, long time to heal

Well, I've been, I've been, I've been hurt so bad
I'm gonna take a very long, long time to heal
Hooh-ha

Yeah, I've been hurt so bad
Gonna take a long, long time to heal
I ain't foolin'