I ain't too sure why I'm the one that you chose There's better man than me, like just a couple miles up the road, my dear I don't know why you wanna keep me so close I'm a rock, I'm a stone, I can't feel good to hold I'm skin and bones, and dirty clothes A case of beer and a pack of smokes Ain't got no magic deep inside of me Just blood and guts, and rock n' roll I'm always tired, sometimes I'm stoned I'm full of fire and freezing cold I'm heavy as a ton of lead Don't pick me up, you know That I'm a rock, I'm just like my dad And pops is just like his old man And all of us have ended up the same, o-oh You grow up, happens so damn fast In the wind between the blades of grass Someday my kids will probably do the same, o-oh I'm a man, I'm a rock Here I am, just like my pops I'm skin and bones, I'm cold and hot I'm hard to hold Babe, I'm a rock, I'm a rock, babe I ain't too sure if I'm the one that you want I broke a million hearts, my dear, don't need a million in one, you know I don't know why you want to hold me so tight I'm a rock, I'm a stone, touchin' me don't feel right I'm skin and bones, and dirty clothes Got bad tattoos from head to toe Got no stories left inside of me Just blood and guts, and rock n' roll I'm always high, sometimes I'm low I'm calm as hell 'til I explode I'm heavy as a ton of bricks Don't pick me up, you know That I'm a rock, I'm just like my dad And Pops is just like his old man And all of us have ended up the same, o-oh You grow up, happens so damn fast In the wind between the blades of grass Someday my kids will probably do the same, o-oh I'm a man, I'm a rock Here I am just like my pops I'm skin and bones, I'm cold and hot I'm hard to hold Babe, I'm a rock, I'm a rock, babe One day you're young, and then 15 years have passed And you step out of the shadow that your father had cast Then you realize that it ain't so bad to be a rock Be a man, to be just like your dad 'Cause I'm a rock, I'm just like my dad And Pops is just like his old man And all of us have ended up the same, o-oh You grow up, happens so damn fast In the wind between the blades of grass Someday my kids will probably do the same, o-oh I'm a man, I'm a rock Here I am, just like my pops I'm skin and bones, I'm cold and hot I'm hard to hold Babe, I'm a rock, I'm a rock, babe