I was born down by the missouri river where the copperheads and the catfish play just up the hill there out in jackson county they brought me home in a chevrolet I always wanted to be just like my daddy he wrapped me up there in the traveler's joy I spend a great deal of my life out on the highway and there's several devils there that I must employ I'm a long way from Ravanna where as a child I used to roam along the line there where the wild blackberry grow I'm not sad to think about it those old memories just make me strong and they shine a mighty light wherever I go My mama raised me on a switch and some cornbread a kiss on my face when I lay down to dream she taught me how to hear the world while it's turning it's been too long since I heard her sing Lord knows I try to keep my spirits in the velvet but it's tough I will take what I inherit friend and that should be enough that should be enough now I don't believe that I was born a sinner but I've been working hard to catch up there just the same Lord lord lord good god almighty I am only human isn't that a burden and ain't that a shame?