On My Feet Again Lyrics - David Allan Coe

By David Allan Coe 

Dedicated to Dr. Martin Scheid who saved my life when my appendix busted in Houston, and to all the people who came to my last concerts of 1978 and didn't complain that I was only able to sing from a wheel chair. 

I SPENT A LIFETIME IN PRISON BELIEVING ID NEVER GET OVER THE FALL 

BUSTED FOR FIRST DEGREE I WAS TO BLIND TO SEE WHO WAS TO BLAME FOR IT ALL 

SOME SAID THE DEVIL, BUT GOD ONLY KNOWS IF I PUT MY FUTURE IN HIM 

OTHER FOLKS BET THAT ID NEVER GET ON MY FEET AGAIN 

RUNNING AND JUMPING FREE AS A BIRD JUST LIKE A CHILD LEFT TO PLAY 

FREEDOM WAS ONE MORE THING I TOOK FOR GRANTED UNTIL THEY TOOK IT AWAY 

MARRIAGES BREAKUP AND SOME PEOPLE TAKE UP DRINKING TO MAKE THEM FORGET 

BOTH OF THEM SWEARING, NEITHER ONE CARING WISHING THAT THEY NEVER MET 

TAKING THE CHILD AWAY, WHO CARES WHAT CHILDREN SAY UNTIL THEY TURN INTO MEN 

SOMEDAY YOU'LL SEE I'm GONNA BE ON MY FEET AGAIN