I Am a Simple Man

I don't know why you want to start with me

I ain't n-n-nothing far as I can see

And I'm worn out from working too hard

Why don't you give me a break?

I know that lately things ain't been so good

I'll make it up just like I told you I would

But I'm tired and I want to sit down

To ease this old backache

You say you're having trouble figuring me

I don't believe I'm such a mystery

Mmm baby, what you get is what you see

I am a simple man

I want a job and a piece of land

Three squares in my frying pan

Don't seem so hard for me to understand

I am a simple man

You say we've got some things to talk about

A lot of problems that we need to work out

But we just wind up fighting

Why don't you give it a rest?

I don't know what else I can say to you

I'm doing everything I know to do

And I can't give you anything more

When I'm giving my best

You say you're having trouble figuring me

I don't believe I'm such a mystery

Mmm baby, what you get is what you see

I am a simple man

I want a job and a piece of land

Three squares in my frying pan

Don't seem so hard for me to understand

I am a simple man

I want a place I can lay my head

Soft woman and a warm bed

A little time off before I'm dead

I am just a simple man

You say you're having trouble figuring me

I don't believe I'm such a mystery

Mmm baby, what you get is what you see

I am a simple man

I want a job and a piece of land

Three squares in my frying pan

Don't seem so hard for me to understand

I am a simple man