Lyrics

[Verse 1] If you gave me a nickle to mend my ways Well then I'd have a nickle And I reckon I'd probably owe you change I don't have a care, I don't have a plan I got nothin' to spare and it's just the way I am If you gave me your two-cents on how to live my life Well then I'd have two cents And a great big pile of bad advice I don't doubt your mind or ability I just highly doubt that you know what's right for me [Chorus] You say I'm stubborn as a mule, boy 'Cause you got words I just won't hear I may seem stubborn as a mule, boy But if wealth is measured by the ease You do just what you please Then I'm the richest man in here [Verse 2] You say to save my pennies for a rainy day But I can't buy beer with pennies I've gone and stashed away And that rainy day might be when I'm dead So I'd rather spend them now on beer instead If you bet me a dollar that I am wrong I'd take your dollar and put in the jukebox for this song And I'd sit on back and pretend to hear Your nagging words while I finish up my beer [Chorus] You say I'm stubborn as a mule, boy 'Cause you got words I just won't hear I may seem stubborn as a mule, boy But if wealth is measured by the ease You do just what you please Then I'm the richest man in here [Verse 3] You got the things you need And that's all right for you You got your cubicle and that three-piece suit You got security and hypertension, too And you got that tie That fits you like a noose (Ha-ha-ha-ha) [Verse 4] Bet your bottom dollar that the buck stops here 'Cause if you meet me in another forty years I'll still be broke And I may be old But the life I've lived Would have been worth more than gold [Chorus] You say I'm stubborn as a mule, boy 'Cause you got words I just won't hear I may seem stubborn as a mule, boy But if wealth is measured by the ease You do just what you please Then I'm the richest man in here