Likes of Me

I’m a whiskey-bottle juggler, I’m a shot-glass saint
I cook moonshine in the mornin’, make a dead man faint
I’m cuttin’ deals with the devil, give ‘em no guarantee
You can’t bargain with the likes of me

I’m a freewheelin’ drifter, I’m a mountain cat
All I need’s my boots, my gun and my hat
I won’t swing from a line, like some little circus flea
You can’t govern the likes of me

I’m a riverboat gambler, I’m a shotgun ace
I read the hand your holdin’, by the fold of your face
I’m an artful dodger, I’m a skeleton key
You can’t swindle the likes of me

I’m a barroom brawler, I’m a barrelhouse thug
I knock ‘em all down, from the rail to the rug
I’m the only dog, put me down on my knee
You can’t pardon the likes of me

I’m a jellyroll hustler, I’m a hunted man
All the ladies lie ’bout the way that I ran
I got money on my head, back in Tennessee
You can’t torture the likes of me