THEY MADE ME DO IT
FROM THE DAY I WROTE MY
FIRST LINE
STRUMMED A CHORD ON THIS GUITAR
I KNEW THE THINGS I HAD
TO DO
NOW LET ME TELL YOU
WHAT THEY ARE
I WANTED TO HEAD DOWN
THE ROAD
MAKE MY NAME LIKE MANY BEFORE
CAUSE THEY WERE MY
INSPIRATION
THAT I FOUND HARD TO IGNORE
CAUSE
YER KNOW
THEY MADE ME DO IT
WHEN THEY ALL SHOWED ME
WHAT THEY GOT
YEH, YER KNOW
THEY MADE ME DO IT
PUT MY NAME ON
THAT SPOT
YEH, YER KNOW
THEY MADE ME DO IT
I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT I
DON'T CARE
HOW PEOPLE WANT TO LOOK
AT ME
I'VE LEARNED IT'S BETTER TO IGNORE
IT AIN'T MY PROBLEM
WHAT THEY SEE
NOW AS I'VE TRAVELLED
THROUGH THE YEARS
ALL OF THOSE FOOLS HAVE
COME AND GONE
BUT ALL THOSE TIMES THEY
RIDICULED
GAVE ME THE STRENGTH TO
CARRY ON
NOW
YER KNOW
THEY MADE ME DO IT
WHEN THEY SAID
SHOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT
YEH, YER KNOW
THEY MADE ME DO IT
PUT MY NAME ON
THAT SPOT
YEH, YER KNOW
THEY MADE ME DO IT
(SOLO)
OF THE PEOPLE I'VE MET
IN LIFE
NOT MANY HAVE GAINED MY
RESPECT
BUT THERE HAS BEEN A
SELECT FEW
THAT I'D SAY HAVE HAD
AN EFFECT
MY FATHER HAD THE BEST
ADVICE
NOW I LIVE BY EVERY
WORD
NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR
DREAMS
WAS THE BEST I'VE EVER
HEARD
YEH
YER KNOW
HE MADE ME DO IT
SAID HOW THE WORLD
WHAT I GOT
YEH, YER KNOW
HE MADE ME DO IT
PUT MY NAME ON
THAT SPOT
YEH, YER KNOW
HE MADE ME DO IT
(REPEAT 2ND CHORUS)
YEH, YER KNOW
THEY MADE ME DO IT
WRITTEN BY
Roger Penkethman
13/10/09
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