Have I been hurt?
I ain’t hurt anymore
I’ve been broke
But I ain’t gonna break anymore
Oh and I know when my time is come
Though I’ve been burned
I won’t burn out on the vine
How many heartaches, how many heartaches
Can any man bear?
Don’t send a card or a candygram, ’cause
I just don’t care
’Cause I’ve been hurt
But I don’t care
I been stood up and knocked down
And dragged ass-backwards
Through heartaches by the hair
I been hurt
But I don’t care
Sometimes it seems like, sometimes it seems like
I could go anywhere
I take a beating, I take a bow, well –
I just don’t care
’Cause I’ve been hurt
But I don’t care
I been pie-eyed and pointed at,
And laughed at and locked out
And eighty-sixed most everywhere
I’ve been hurt, hurt
But I don’t care
Yeah I’ve been hurt
Oh, but I don’t care
I been beat up and black-eyed,
I’ve been paid peanuts
And pushed rum-tumble down the stairs
I’ve been hurt, hurt
But I don’t care
Oh no