[Verse 1: Dwight Yoakam]
I came here looking for something
I couldn't find anywhere else
Hey, I'm not trying to be nobody
I just want a chance to be myself

[Verse 2: Buck Owens]
I've spent a thousand miles of thumbing
Yes, I've worn blisters on my heels
Trying to find me something better
Here on the streets of Bakersfield

[Chorus: Buck Owens & Dwight Yoakam]
Hey, you don't know me but you don't like me
Say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3: Dwight Yoakam]
I spent some time in San Francisco
I spent a night there in the can
They threw this drunk man in my jail cell
I took fifteen dollars from that man
[Verse 4: Buck Owens]
Left him my watch and my old house key
Don't like folks thinking that I'd steal
Then I thanked him as I was leaving
And I headed out for Bakersfield

[Chorus: Buck Owens & Dwight Yoakam, Dwight Yoakam]
Hey, you don't know me but you don't like me
Say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?
Hey, you don't know me but you don't like me
Say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?
How many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?