[Verse 1]
Mama says that I drink too much
Daddy don't like the cursin' when I sing
Got a good girl missin' me back home
Yeah, I'm stretched pretty thin today

[Refrain]
So, I'll keep treadin' water like I'm breathin' through a straw
You still think I'm an outlaw

[Verse 2]
Who can tell me what's an outlaw?
Well, I'm not for certain, but I can tell you what it ain't, son
It ain't hats, tats, a sound, or in between
It's about not bein' wanted where you want to be

[Refrain]
So, I'II keep treadin' water like I'm breathin' through a straw
You still think I'm an outlaw

[Chorus]
Well, I know I'm no different, I'm just a troubadour lookin' for
Oh, a rhyme or a reason that I think is worth rhymin' for
Say, I'm too Idaho for Texas
And I'm too Texas for Tennessee
So, I'll do my own thing
And there's that outlaw in me
[Verse 3]
Mirror, mirror, what do you see?
Is that the boy that I used to be?
Is it the man of yesterday?
But his soul went and withered away

[Refrain]
So, I'II keep treadin' water like I'm breathin' through a straw
You still think I'm an outlaw?

[Chorus]
Well, I know I'm no different, I'm just a troubadour lookin' for
Oh, a rhyme or a reason that I think is worth rhymin' for
Say, I'm too Idaho for Texas
And I'm too Texas for Tennessee
So, I'll do my own thing
And there's that outlaw in me

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Well, I know I'm no different, I'm just a troubadour lookin' for
Oh, a rhyme or a reason that I think is worth rhymin' for
But I'm too Idaho for Texas
And I'm too Texas for Tennessee
So, l'll do my own thing
And there's that outlaw in me