Start Even

"Spoken: Now I ain't proud of my bad reputation,
 and it's a shame the way my past has been,
 course you're gonna say I caused the situation,
 and this awful fix that I'm in.
 Well I stumbled into some bad romances and lost my
 balance no doubt. I'm sort of a victim of circumstances..."
 But I've got it all figured out
 I like to wake up in the morning
 And when the truth was told
 The'd say Tex never donated nothing
 But then ole Tax never stole
 I just like to start even, start even that's all
 I like to wake up in the morning
 And sy there's two things I never done
 I ain't never fought with nobody
 But then I ain't never run
 I just like to start even, start even that's all
 I'd like to wake up in the morning
 Without a sweetheart or a wife
 Or without some little gal hanging around
 Saying Tex done ruined her life
 Wish I'd never made nobody happy, made nobody sad
 Got nobody tickled or made nobody mad
 Then I could just start even, start even that's all
 And then that's all
 Now I never dabbled in high society
 Don't reckon I would if I could
 I'm a little too good for the bad folks
 And a-way too bad for the good
 If I don't soon lose my misery
 I'm gonna tell you one and all
 One of these mornings I ain't gonna wake up at all
 Then I could just start even, start even that's all
 That's all, that's all