Fred Oakman - That Ain't the Way Lyrics

Just because you lost one
Doesn't mean that you're defeated
You best pack all of your bags
Before they try you here for treason
And I know you don't see things my way
How else could it play
When the going gets this tough
Even god ain't expected to stay
You've got nothing but that old and open
Road dead ahead of you
I hope you tolerate your choices
Because its been long since overdue
And I know you don't see things my way
How else could it play
When the going gets this tough
We just get tougher and try to stay
That ain't the way
That makes a man
And as it turns out
I turn right on in
You saw me sleeping
And sweating in my bed
While hoping and dreaming and thinking with a confused head
I never meant to hurt you
But I did what I had to
I never meant to sound self righteous
From singing my own blues
And I know you don't see things my way
What else can I say
I thought I had it all and then we lost it along the way
It never meant to me
The way that it does to you
A folded ten in my back pocket
Or a brand new pair of shoes
And I know you don't see things my way
But Bell what else can I say
You stress this little one and you'll be stressing for all your days
That ain't the way
That makes a man
And as it turns out
I turn right on in
You saw me sleeping
And sweating in my bed
While hoping and dreaming and thinking with a mixed up head
I was hoping and dreaming and thinking with a confused head
I was hoping and dreaming and thinking with my big fat head