Dwight Yoakam › Lyrics › Streets of Bakersfield

I came here looking for something
I couldn't find anywhere else
Hey I'm not tryin' to be nobody
Just want a chance to be myself

I've spent a thousand miles of thumbin'
Yes I've worn blisters on my heels
Tryin' to find me something better
Here on the streets of Bakersfield

You don't know me but you don't like me
Say you careless how I feel
How many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakerfield

Spent some time in San Francisco
I spent a night there in the can
They threw this drunk man in my jail cell
I took fifteen dollars from that man

Left him my watch and my house key
Don't want folks thinkin' that I'd steal
Then I thanked him as I was leaving
And I headed out for Bakersfield

You don't know me but you don't like me
Say you careless how I feel
How many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakerfield

You don't know me but you don't like me
Say you careless how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakerfield

How many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakerfield