I´m not the wreck of the Hesperus
Feel more like the Wall of China
Getting old as Methuselah
Feel tall as the Eiffel Tower
I´m not a power of attorney

But I can rock as good as Gibraltar
Ain´t no more no spring chicken
Been plucked but I´m still kicking
But it´s alright, it´s alright

Poison penmen sneak, have no nerve to speak
Make up lies then they leak them out
Behind a pseudonym, the rottenness in them
Reaching out trying to touch me
Met some Oscars and Tonys
I slipped on a pavement oyster
Met a snake climbing ladders
Got out of the line of fire
(But it´s alright)

Brainless writers gossip nonsenses
To others heads as dense as they is
It´s the same old malady

What they see is faulty
I´m not the wreck of the Hesperus
Feel more like Big Bill Broonzy
Getting old as my mother
But I tell you I got some company
(But it´s alright)

But it´s alright, it´s alright[x2]
It´s alright, alright, it´s alright