I've been up, I've been down They have fucked me all around But I guess the world just ain't the way it was Okay, fine, go to hell I see all I got's myself Guess it's me against the world until I want I've been called a loser since first day of 2nd grade I've been an alcoholic with one foot inside the grave And I've been brave enough to say that I'm afraid I'm not okay And I don't know if I'll survive another day I've been up, I've been down They have fucked me all around But I guess the world just ain't the way it was Okay, fine, go to hell I see all I got's myself Guess it's me against the world until I want I've been to hell, and made it home Then went back again I've been through hell, broke some bones I got no regrets And I've been fired a million times, and never even paid Got a few tattoos in both my arms I'll cover up one day God made me tough enough to take the snow and sun and wind and rain But I don't know how much more I can take 'Cause I've been up, I've been down They have fucked me all around But I guess the world just ain't the way it was Okay, fine, go to hell I see all I got's myself Guess it's me against the world until I want I've been to hell, and made it home Then went back again I've been through hell, broke some bones I got no regrets I've been left, I've been right I've been back and forth and turned around all night I've been here, I've been there I've been all around, and back again, and ended up nowhere I've been up, I've been down They have fucked me all around But I guess the world just ain't the way it was Okay, fine, go to hell I see all I got's myself Guess it's me against the world until I want I've been to hell, and made it home Then went back again I've been through hell, broke some bones I got no regrets I've been to hell, and made it home Then went back again I've been through hell, broke some bones I got no regrets