[Verse 1]

It's been an awful long time since I been home

But you won't catch me going back down there alone

Things they said when I was young are quite enough to get me hung

(I don't care! I don't care!)

[Verse 2]

They came and took my dad away to serve some time

But it was me that paid the debt he left behind

Folks said I was full of sin, because I was the next of kin

(I don't care! I don't care!)

[Refrain]

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

(I don't care! I don't care!)

[Verse 3]

Folks were out one night to put me up a fence

And you can guess that I've been runnin' ever since

Ain't no one that's 'bout to help, and I'll keep on, I tell myself

(I don't care! I don't care!)

[Refrain]

(I don't care! I don't care!)

(I don't care! I don't care!)

[Outro]

Ain't no one that's 'bout to help, and I'll keep on, I tell myself

(I don't care! I don't care!)

(I don't care! I don't care!)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

(I don't care! I don't care!)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

(I don't care! I don't care!)

(I don't care! I don't care!)

(I don't care! I don't care!)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

(I don't care! I don't care!)

(I don't care! I don't care!)

(I don't care! I don't care!)