Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Doing My Own Thing , by - Johnnie Taylor. Song from the album Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, in the genre ДжазRelease date: 31.12.1976
Record label: Stax
Song language: English
Doing My Own Thing |
| Live it like you wanna live it |
| Give it like you wanna give it |
| Love it like you wanna love it |
| Hold it like you wanna hurt it |
| I’m gonna express myself, mmm, yeah |
| It make me so mad, every time I turn my back |
| People are talkin' about Johnnie Taylor |
| They say I’m doing this and that |
| But, that don’t bother me 'cause |
| I’m not botherin' you |
| I’m doin' my own thing, that’s all I wanna do |
| Just one more thing |
| If I go out and get drunk every night and day |
| If I don’t throw those beer cans in your backyard |
| What have you got to say? |
| Let me do my thing, that’s all I wanna do |
| Here’s another thing |
| Big, fat Sally with your hot pants on |
| You say she oughta be whipped for ever leavin' home |
| Well, leave her alone, y’all |
| She’s just doin' her own thing |
| What’s wrong with big, fat Sally doin' her own thing? |
| You know what? |
| Here’s another thing |
| Wait a minute |
| I wanna tell you about a friend of mine |
| She was 92 years old |
| One thing I liked about her |
| She sure had a whole lot of soul |
| I said: «Girl, folks are talkin' about you |
| All in your neighborhood |
| They said all them young men you got |
| They sure don’t mean you no good» |
| She told me one thing: «If I live to be 99 |
| If young men kill me…» |
| You know what she told me? |
| She say: |
| «I sure don’t mind dyin'» |
| And that’s when I made up my mind |
| I made up my mind that same day |
| I was gon', I was gonna do my own thing |
| Deal like I wanna deal |
| Go where I wanna go |
| Play where I wanna play, you know I wanna get down |
| Love like I wanna love |
| 'Cause I’m just doin' my own thing (I'm doin' my own thing) |
| I’m doin' my own thing (I'm doin' my own thing) |
| Please don’t stop me (I'm doin' my own thing) |
| I’m doin' my own thing, oh, yeah (I'm doin' my own thing) |
| I just got to do my own thing (I'm doin' my own thing) |
| I won’t take the back roads, no, no (I'm doin' my own thing) |
| I’m doin', and doin', and doin' |