I've worked my whole life to get ahead and survive   I'll tell you one thing that is true   I take it day to day as time flickers away   But I still won't give into you      She wants a different life, kids and to be a wife   Build a nest to call her own   But what I want out of life is to have my guitar by my side   And travel down these lonely roads      I've worked my whole life to get ahead and survive   I'll tell you one thing that is true   I take it day to day as time flickers away   But I still won't give into you      She wants a different life, kids and to be a wife   Build a nest to call her own   But what I want out of life is to have my guitar by my side   And travel through these lonely roads      And I don't want it   The simple kind of life   And I don't need it   All the things that you despise