"Make Me A Name" lyrics

And here we go now

Boss man calls and says, "Son, you know you're late again"
I better take the day, so he don't see the shape I'm in
I spent all night hurtin' myself, so I don't hurt you
I can hide my eyes and tell last-night's lies
But we both know that it ain't true

There's so many things out there
That brings a man to his knees
There ain't nothin' that I've found
I won't do if I please

It is what it is, and it ain't what it ain't
Do the best that I can, and I don't if I can't
And that old light at the end of the tunnel might be a train
I keep pushin', I keep pullin', I keep tryin' to make me a name

I've heard "no" a few times, but I ain't heard "yes"
I lie around and write these songs, 'cause it's what I do best
All my friends they tell me I ought to pack it in
I sat back with a drunken smile, and I say it again

It is what it is, and it ain't what it ain't
I do the best that I can, and I don't have a game
And that old light at the end of the tunnel might be a train
I keep pushin', I keep pullin', I keep tryin' to make me a name (here we go)

It is what it is, and it ain't what it ain't
I do the best that I can, Lord, and I don't have a game
And that old light at the end of the tunnel might be a train
I keep pushin', I keep pullin', I keep tryin' to make me a name
I keep pushin', I keep pullin', I keep tryin'
Lord, I keep tryin' to make me a name