I have no wife and I've got no home I just live my life alone I'm always broke, I sometimes land in jail But I've got something that you don't got I can't realise I kid you not I've got the world by the tail Some folks say there's not a chance For me to find romance I'll succeed some day if I don't fail Then I'd like for you to know A worried look I'll never show I've got the world by the tail I may have lived my life in vain But I never will complain If the ship I catch should never sail I'll shed no tears but wear a smile That has always been my style I've got the world by the tail