Son Of A Bum Lyrics - Mel Tillis

Well I was born in a tumbled down shack one quarter of a mile from a railroad track 

Mama was a drifter daddy was a bum and they didn't want a little hobo son 

But things do happen and here I am just outside of Birmingham 

Train's slowing down and I'm gonna jump up 

I'm gonna spread my wings and look all about 

Give me the whip of the whippoorwill a whippin' it up on the lonely hill 

Give me the sun the stars and the rain sneaky peaky wine in the blood of my veins 

Cause I'm a son of a bum I'm a son of a bum 

I'm a son of a bum son of a bum bum bum 

Free as the breeze and I'm easy to please 

Fussin' and a fightin' and a goin' to war people don't know what the livin's for 

Money money money that's all folks know they could learn a lesson from a rich hobo 

Got no worries and no regrets got no money but I got no debts 

Rabbit in the picket and the fish in the brook 

And I've got mu supper if I got me a hook 

Give me the whip of the whippoorwill... 

I'm a son of a bum I'm just easy to please Lord I'm a son of a bum 

I'm a son of a bum easy to please