Old ways, it sure is hard to change them Come what may, it's hard to teach a dinosaur a new trick Lately I've been finding out I'm set in my ways Old ways can be a ball and chain Oh, I'm gonna stop that grass and give up all this drinkin' Really gonna make my life last, clean up my whole way of livin' Up until the party last night, I was a different man But old ways, got the way again The economy was getting so bad, I had to lay myself off But workin' was a habit I had, so I kept showin' up anyway Then one day things turned around, I got my back paid Old ways, comin' through again I got old ways, I got old ways Old ways, I got old ways Ooh, old ways