I'm In the Wrong Business
by 
A.C. Reed 
recording of 2000 
from 
Makin' Love Is Good for You (MCA 112241) 
I'm in the wrong business 
I swear I ain't lyin' 
I stay hungry, broke all the time 
I'm gonna send my guitar home 
Leave these blues alone 
I'm in the wrong business 
I ain't lyin' 
Should have been a boxer 
Makin' the movie "Rocky 3" 
I would be a star Like the wrestler Mr. T 
Should've been like Michael Jackson 
When I was the age of five 
But chose this guitar 
Now I'm broke and can't survive 
I'm in the wrong business 
I ain't lyin' 'Cause I stay hungry, broke all the time 
I'm gonna send my guitar home 
Leave these blues alone 
I'm in the wrong business 
I ain't lyin' 
These guitar freaks 
Have made my blood sugar go up 
Be better off 
If I was driving a trailer truck 
Like Boxcar Willie 
I played these blues and made me a bum 
I'm gonna give up this music 
Move back to the farm 
I'm in the wrong business 
I ain't lyin' 
'Cause I stay broke, hungry all the time 
I'm gonna send my guitar home 
Leave these blues alone 
I'm in the wrong business 
I ain't lyin' 
I've played these blues 
Now I'm full up to my neck 
If I keep on playin' 
I tell you I'm gonna do like Johnny Paycheck 
He had a job 
Got money for years 
I'm gonna shelve my guita 
r I ain't got no job to shelve 
I'm in the wrong business 
I ain't lyin' 
Stay broke, hungry all the time 
I'm gonna send my guitar home 
Leave these blues alone 
I'm in the wrong business 
I ain't lyin' 
I'm in the wrong business 
I ain't lyin', folks 
Stay broke, hungry all the time 
I'm gonna send my guitar home 
Leave these blues alone 
I'm in the wrong business 
I ain't lyin'