From the recording Zen and the Art of Blackstrap Funk
Lyrics
All around, this little town
I can't find, nobody 'round
Who knows my name, but it's all the same
It ain't no strain, must I explain? I'll never change
Been on the road, long as I know'd
And I been raised, and I been throwed
Right down the drain, but I don't complain
It ain't no strain, must I explain? I'll never change
With my guitar, all alone
I make my stand, and I make my home
Out on the range, high on the plains
It ain't no strain, must I explain? I'll never change
Wrote my words, sung my song
Glass in my throat, limpin' on
My walkin' cane, down Cherry Lane
It ain't no strain, must I explain? I'll never change
Breakin' up, and breakin' down
Goin' back to my hometown
It was all in vain, but it's all the same
It ain't no strain, must I explain? I'll never change