i should ve gone to college and made a lot of money and given you everything that your heart desired i should ve been blue collar like my father bustin knuckles just to keep the kids in dimes i shoud ve been smarter i should ve been stronger i should ve been you i think i should ve moved west like my brother southern california could ve been good to me i shouldn t be wasting all of my time in these basement bars with this rock and roll band i should ve been smarter i should ve been stronger i should ve been you now i ain t no one s blue eyed son just a handful of trouble on the run i should ve gone to college i should ve california of all the things i should ve done that i did not do i should ve been smarter i should ve been stronger i should ve been you