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LYRICS-MERLE TRAVIS
POVERTY STRICKEN BUT STILL I'M STICKIN'
TO THINGS I KNOW TO BE FACTS
ONE DAY IT'S FEATHERS AND THE NEXT DAY CHICKEN
WHILE I'M PICKIN' MY YAKETY AXE
EVERYBODY SAYS THAT I NEVER WILL GET FAR
KEEPIN' OUT OF WORK BY PICKIN'THIS GUITAR
LIVIN' ON A SHOESTRING PUTTIN' OFF THINGS
LIKE A SHAVE AND A HAIRCUT
MONEY DON'T MATTER AS LONG AS I SCATTER
A LITTLE BIT OF HAPPINESS AROUND
IF PEOPLE KEEP GRINNIN' I FIGURE I'M WINNIN'
WITH MY GOOD OLE YAKETY SOUND
CITY SLICKERS GO AROUND TURNIN' UP THEIR NOSES
COUNTIN' THEIR GREENBACKS SMELLIN' THEIR ROSES
BUT I WOULDN'T QUIT MY YAKETY AXE
EVEN FOR A T-BONE
I'M CONFESSIN' I NEVER TOOK A LESSON
ALL OF MY NOTES IS A MATTER OF GUESSIN'
HOPIN' THEY'LL COME OUT IN SOME SORT OF MANNER
THAT'LL MAKE A YAKETY SOUND
IF YOU GET IN THE MOOD AND YOUR FEET START PATTIN'
YOU FEEL A LITTLE GROOVY AND YOUR HANDS START CLAPPIN'
THEN I'VE DONE WHAT I'VE WANTED TO DO A WAY BACK
I GOT YOU DIGGIN' MY YAKETY AXE
1958, 1963, 1965 TREE PUBLISHING CO., INC.
POVERTY STRICKEN BUT STILL I'M STICKIN'
TO THINGS I KNOW TO BE FACTS
ONE DAY IT'S FEATHERS AND THE NEXT DAY CHICKEN
WHILE I'M PICKIN' MY YAKETY AXE
EVERYBODY SAYS THAT I NEVER WILL GET FAR
KEEPIN' OUT OF WORK BY PICKIN'THIS GUITAR
LIVIN' ON A SHOESTRING PUTTIN' OFF THINGS
LIKE A SHAVE AND A HAIRCUT
MONEY DON'T MATTER AS LONG AS I SCATTER
A LITTLE BIT OF HAPPINESS AROUND
IF PEOPLE KEEP GRINNIN' I FIGURE I'M WINNIN'
WITH MY GOOD OLE YAKETY SOUND
CITY SLICKERS GO AROUND TURNIN' UP THEIR NOSES
COUNTIN' THEIR GREENBACKS SMELLIN' THEIR ROSES
BUT I WOULDN'T QUIT MY YAKETY AXE
EVEN FOR A T-BONE
I'M CONFESSIN' I NEVER TOOK A LESSON
ALL OF MY NOTES IS A MATTER OF GUESSIN'
HOPIN' THEY'LL COME OUT IN SOME SORT OF MANNER
THAT'LL MAKE A YAKETY SOUND
IF YOU GET IN THE MOOD AND YOUR FEET START PATTIN'
YOU FEEL A LITTLE GROOVY AND YOUR HANDS START CLAPPIN'
THEN I'VE DONE WHAT I'VE WANTED TO DO A WAY BACK
I GOT YOU DIGGIN' MY YAKETY AXE
1958, 1963, 1965 TREE PUBLISHING CO., INC.