Tom Robinson & Jakko Jakszyk - My Own Sweet Way Lyrics

Tom Robinson & Jakko Jakszyk Lyrics

"My Own Sweet Way"

I grew up on the Gaza strip
A pirate and a clown
And no one in authority
Could ever grind me down

Been upside down and inside out
More cynical than sinning
And if you think you know me well
I'm only just beginning

Hey, hey... I can't stay
I'm gonna go my own sweet way
Living life from day to day
No matter what you do or say
Hey, hey, hey... my own sweet way

Society has lied to me
I grew up and believed
That men were men and never cry
Or show the way they feel

You filled me up with prejudice
And tried to waste my time
You won't get any more of me
The rest is strictly mine

Hey, hey... I can't stay
I'm gonna go my own sweet way
Living life from day to day
No matter what you do or say
Hey, hey, hey... my own sweet way

I wish I'd seen it all before
I wish I'd wondered how
To smell the rain and see the trees
I'm glad to have it now

And looking back on everything
I've undergone and known
It's funnier than words can say
And way too close to home

Hey, hey... I can't stay
I'm gonna go my own sweet way
Living life from day to day
No matter what you do or say
Hey, hey, hey... my own sweet way

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Writer(s): Tom Robinson

album: "Blood Brother: We Never Had It So Good" (1990)

We Never Had It So Good

Driving Through The Desert

Blood Brother

What Have I Ever Done To You

Can't Stop: Peter's Theme

My Own Sweet Way

Rigging It Up, Duncannon

(Bonus Track)

The War Is Over

Jonestown

(Bonus Track)

Happy In The Homelands

(Bonus Track)

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"My Own Sweet Way" lyrics

Tom Robinson & Jakko Jakszyk Lyrics