THE GREATEST NEVER WAS THERE EVER WAS

THE GREATEST NEVER WAS THERE EVER WAS (gutbucket Blues in E)

My stuff was the best.

I never did rest.

I took the cream of the crop

and put it to the test.

I was on the top rung

when I was still young.

The rumor 'bout the rooster

ain't too far flung.

CHORUS:

But I never met a lesson that I could learn.

Never met a bridge I couldn't burn.

I never gave two shits, a rat's ass,

or half a Goddamn.

I'm the greatest never was there ever was.

And I still am.

I've destroyed far more

than my own life.

If you're gonna take the word

of the boss's wife.

To be seen on the street

for me is a gamble.

But I don't need their trophies

crowding my mantle.

REPEAT CHORUS

[break]

Still got a few years left

to throw away.

I only said what I did,

and did what I say.

I done it every day of my life

and I'm proud to say.

I'm the class clown

who ain't got no class.

I took the foot out my mouth

just to kick my own ass.

REPEAT CHORUS

~rh, 2020