Just An Old Truth Teller - Jimmy Buffett

I’m just an old truth teller

I’m your candid friend

I’m not some daydream seller

I do not pretend

I’ve a sense of survival

And screwing my rivals

That’s labeled me crossed and uncouth

But I can’t help it I just tell the truth

He can’t help it, he just tells the truth

I’m just an old truth teller

Brutally direct

I see it eye for eye

I’m rarely incorrect

Why call me a sharp trader

A corporate raider

I’m a role model for today’s youth

It’s so simple, I just tell the truth

He can’t help it, he just tells the truth

Bridge:

Why was I born to be right all the time

In deal after deal after deal

Foiling those sharks that are circling my penthouse

Hoping to make a meal

No good deed goes unpunished

Nothing goes as planed

My ingrate family left me

I don’t understand

Where’s your wife?

In Alaska

Any sons?

In Nebraska

And my daughter milks cows in Duluth

I can’t help it, I just tell the truth

Ohh he can’t help it, he just sells it

He can’t help, he just tells it

I can’t help, I just tell the truth