Not the man I used to be
Can't do the things I used to do
Run around, raising hell
Never thinking nothing through

Like who I hurt, who I lost
All of the bills left unpaid
Never thought 'bout the cost
Never got in my way

Call me old, call me stubborn
Call me just what I am
An old dog digging
Till I meet a Chinaman

Not the man I used to be
And the world ain’t like it was
My old friends up and gone
Left the old life in the dust

But me, I hung on like a fool
I worked so hard to be
Spent a whole life going nowhere
And nowhere is where I want to be

Call me old, call me stubborn
Call me just what I am
An old dog digging
Till I meet a Chinaman
Just an old dog digging
Till I meet a Chinaman