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They call me the Nashville Rebel

 They say "Leave that boy alone

 Don't you give him advice, or he'll turn to ice

 & you might as well talk to stone."

 But I've got things to do & things to say in my own way

Verse 2

I don't have time for your parties

Or love's little guessin' games

I've got songs to write in the still of night

I was born to right & sing

& I've got things to do & things to say in my own way

Verse 3

They call me the Nashville Rebel

Little girl, don't you waste your time

For I've given my heart to this old guitar

You deserve a better love than mine

'Cause I've got things to do & things to say in my own way

Verse 4

I'm the Nashville Rebel

I'm a loner & I like it fine

I'd like to have a wife, live a normal life

But I just don't have the time

'Cause I've got things to do & things to say in my own way

I've got things to do & things to say in my own way