I'm gonna quit singin' all these sad songs

'Cause I can't stand the pain

Oh, the life I sing about now

And the one I live is the same

When I sing them old songs of daddy's

Seems like every one comes true

Lord, please help me

Do I have to be the living proof

Why just the other night after the show

An old drunk came up to me

He says "You ain't as good as your daddy, boy

And you never will be"

Then a young girl in old blue jeans

Says, "I'm your biggest fan"

It's a good thing I was born Gemini

'Cause I'm living for more than one man

Remember Jimmie and Hank and Johnny

They were in the summer of life

When you called them away, Lord

I don't wanna pay that price

Don't let my son ever touch a guitar

May he never sing the blues

Let him be free

Don't make him be more living proof

I don't wanna be a legend

I just wanna be a man

But Lord, You know sometimes

I've needed a helpin' hand

And it ain't been so easy lately

I've had to go it all alone

But I've always had anything

I ever wanted, except a home

I'm gonna quit singin' all them sad songs

'Cause I can't stand the pain

Oh, the life I sang to you about

And the one I live is the same

Yes, I've sang those old songs of daddy's

And now it seems they all come true

Lord, please help me

Do I have to be the living proof

Lord, please help me

I don't wanna be the living proof