My Back Is Achin’ (And My Mind Is No Better)

Lyrics

[Intro] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Verse 1] My back is achin' and my mind's no better, yeah I'm waitin' round for the government letter, yeah My future looks dark as the night Everything's wrong and nothing's right My back is achin' and my mind's no better, yeah [Chorus] But I don't want your sympathy I'm not down on my knees You'll see no tears and hear no pleas And that's the way it will be [Verse 2] And cops are looking for my younger brother, yeah I'm fightin' over rent with my mother, yeah I'm hanging around, there's no place to go With what I do and what I know My back is achin' and my mind's no better, yeah [Chorus] But I don't want your sympathy I'm not down on my knees You'll see no tears and hear no pleas And that's the way it will be [Bridge] I was born in this place and raised in this place A life of disgrace with scars on my face I'll die in this place But I said no (No, no, no, no, no) No (No, no, no, no, no) No (No, no, no, no) [Chorus] I don't want your sympathy I'm not down on my knees You'll see no tears and hear no pleas And that's the way it will be [Outro] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah