Orphan Lyrics - Straight Line - Pete Bernhard

called a friend the other day 

to see what kind of words he'd say 

he said, "I just met a man down here and his girlfriend don't like you" 

So give me a number, her address 

and Ill see if I can do my best 

to avoid her the next time I'm passing through 

Never been much for following rules 

always go out and act the fool 

and something bad would happen by and by 

I cant say I'm always proud of myself 

But I don't wish I was somebody else 

In fact Id rather be me then you 

But a lot of people don't like me 

not my music, I mean personally 

gonna tell you how to act and what to say 

I guess Id rather be an orphan then a slave 

I guess Id rather be an orphan then a slave 

Well I went to a party in the middle of the night 

crawling up the stairs and that's alright 

I pictured the who place in flames and it made me smile 

I wonder why I thought such terrible things 

a voice in my head heard the telephone ring 

picked up and said, "we've been wondering for a while" 

Walked in a wall, slept in the dirt 

got punched in the face I admit that it hurt 

and I had enemies that I call my friends 

But it doesn't matter if I get low down 

because I'm the one riding on the hear right now 

and all I gotta do is use my imagination 

But a lot of people don't like me 

not my music, I mean personally 

gonna tell you how to act and what to say 

I guess Id rather be an orphan then a slave 

I guess Id rather be an orphan then a slave 

Well there's been sometimes I was under the gun 

and when I was I intended to run 

it was important but it wasn't worth dying for 

someone said he who fights and runs away 

can avoid getting killed another day 

so I made a point of every window and every door 

but all these people they gather round 

my heart goes backwards my head drops down 

I hear my voice say things I told it not to 

Couldn't say who it was directed at 

and why I chose to say something like that 

and now what I truly plan to do 

But a lot of people don't like me 

that's what I hear now out on the street 

wanna tell you how to act and what to say 

I guess Id rather be an orphan then a slave 

I guess Id rather be an orphan then a slave 

I guess Id rather be an orphan then a slave