Red Bandana (feat. The Slocan Ramblers)

We left home when we were barely past eleven-teen

We've been back and forth and all around through hell and rain

I've loved you half your life and I'll keep on loving you

But I can't change and live the way you want me to

We've spent a lot of time out on the highway

Coming from some town we played along the way

After 30 years of knowing me the way you do

You know I can't change and live the way you want me to

This red bandana tied around my auburn hair

I look like I ought to be somebody's wife somewhere

I ain't never gonna be no Bobby McGee, but I'm trying to

So I can't change and live the way you want me to

Every time you leave the stage, I know you've had your fill

I wonder why you grew up and why I never will

Hey, I'm 41 today, still going on 22

So I can't change and live the way you want me to

This red bandana tied around my Auburn hair

I look like I ought to be somebody's wife somewhere

I ain't never gonna be no Bobby McGee, but I'm trying to

So I can't change and live the way you want me to

I ain't never gonna be no Bobby McGee, but I'm trying to

So I can't change and live the way you want me to