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Steve Earle – Regular Guy (1990) | Track profile | Dork

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Steve Earle
The Hard Way
Regular Guy

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Regular Guy

Release date: 1st July 1990

From The Hard Way

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About This Track

"Regular Guy" is a track by Steve Earle, from the album The Hard Way, released 1st July 1990. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Steve Earle

Steve Earle

Lyrics

Regular Guy

[Verse 1]

I'm just a regular guy

Never get rich but I always get by

I got me a wife and a couple of kids

I done pretty much like my daddy did

He always did the best that he could

Took care of Mama and us pretty good

He never got rich, but he never did try

He was just a regular guy

[Pre-Chorus]

Well, the world goes around and I can't stop it

So I'll sit back and watch the sun go down

If it comes back up, then this day's a good one

You know I wouldn't be that surprised

[Chorus]

I'm just a regular guy

Never be rich, but I'll always get by

Never get rich, never did try

I'm just a regular guy

[Verse 2]

I'm just a regular guy

And I'll work until the day that I die

I'm too young to quit, I'm too old to hire

These days a man can't afford to retire

Didn't vote for nobody last time

'Cause they wasn't worth a trickle-down dime

But one man's promise is another man's lie

And I'm just a regular guy

[Pre-Chorus]

Well, the world goes around and I can't stop it

So I'll sit back and watch the sun go down

If it comes back up, then this day's a good one

You know I wouldn't be that surprised

[Chorus]

I'm just a regular guy

Never be rich, but I'll always get by

Never get rich, never did try

I'm just a regular guy

[Outro]

I'm just a regular guy

I'm just a regular guy

Never got rich, never did try

I'm just a regular guy

I'm just a regular guy

I'm just a regular guy

Never got rich, never did try

I'm just a regular guy

I'm just a regular guy

I'm just a regular guy

Never got rich, never did try

I'm just a regular guy

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From The Hard Way

1990

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Album

Release year

1990

—Have Mercy
—Country Girl
—Esmeralda's Hollywood
—Regular Guy
—Promise You Anything
—This Highway's Mine (Roadmaster)
—Billy Austin
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—Justice in Ontario
—The Other Kind
—West Nashville Boogie
—When the People Find Out

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Steve Earle
Producer: Joe Hardy, Steve Earle
Mastering Engineer: Bob Ludwig
Mixing Engineer: Joe Hardy
Recording Engineer: Joe Hardy