Lyrics:

[Verse 1]**lf**Goin'' back to Alabama**lf**Now that I''ve learned a thing or two**lf**Life for me had been so easy**lf**But I''ve got some livin'' yet to do**lf****lf**[Chorus]**lf**''Cause a man who walks by the side of the road**lf**Can turn himself around**lf**He can pick himself up**lf**And dust himself off**lf**And start all over again, my friend**lf****lf**[Verse 2]**lf**Some days I didn''t wanna wake up in the mornin''**lf**My family and friends were all down on me**lf**I tried to tell ''em where I was goin''**lf**But they never saw the man I saw in me**lf**Some folks call me a dreamer**lf**Other folks laughed and called me a fool**lf**All I ever wanted to be was a winner**lf**''Cause I know a winner can never lose**lf****lf**[Chorus]**lf**''Cause a man who walks by the side of the road**lf**Can turn himself around**lf**He can pick himself up**lf**And dust himself off**lf**And start all over again**lf**Yes, a man who walks by the side of the road**lf**Can turn himself around**lf**He can pick himself up**lf**And dust himself off**lf**And start all over again, my friend**lf****lf**[Instrumental Break]**lf****lf**[Chorus]**lf**''Cause a man who walks by the side of the road**lf**He can turn himself around**lf**He can pick himself up (Pick himself up)**lf**And dust himself off (Dust himself off)**lf**(And) Start all over again**lf****lf**[Post-Chorus]**lf**I''m a man**lf**I''m a man**lf****lf**[Chorus]**lf**Ah, you know a man who walks by the side of the road**lf**He can turn himself around**lf**He can pick himself up (Pick himself up)**lf**And dust himself off (Dust himself off)**lf**And start all over, start all over**lf**Start all over again**lf****lf**[Outro]**lf**You know a man who walks by the side of the road**lf**Can turn himself around**lf**He can pick himself up**lf**And dust himself off**lf**And start all over again**lf**You know a man who walks by the side of the road**lf**Can turn himself around**lf**He can pick himself up**lf**And dust himself off**lf**And start all over again**lf**You know a man who walks by the side of the road**lf**Can turn himself around