Old ways,
it sure is hard
to change ´em
Come what may
It´s hard to teach
a dinosaur a new trick
Lately I´ve been finding out
I´m set in my ways
Old ways,
can be your ball
and chain.

Oh, I´m gonna stop that grass
And give up all this drinking
Really gonna make my life last
Clean up my whole way of living
Up until the party last night
I was a different man
But old ways
got their way again.

The economy was getting so bad
I had to lay myself off
Well, working was a habit I had
So I kept showin´ up anyway
Then one day
things turned around
I got my back pay
Old ways
comin´ through again.

I got old ways.