[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Came through snow and driving rain
I came free and I came chained
I watched ships pull up on shore
Worked and played, lived and died
Valleys deep in mountainside
Don t say you don t need me anymore
[Chorus]
Cause I ain t going nowhere
Cause I m right where I belong
I don t have to love it
And I don t have to leave it
Ain t no stranger here, I am your native son
[Verse 2]
Soldier, sailor, servant, slave
All the blood and sweat I gave
I sang songs of home I left behind
My head s been beaten, my soul s been spent
My taxes taken, my back s been bent
And no one ever paid me any mind
[Chorus]
And I ain t going nowhere
Cause I m right where I belong
I don t have to love it
And I don t have to leave it
Ain t no stranger here, I am your native son
Ain t no stranger here, I am your native son
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Been written out of every book
Jailed and slandered, robbed and took
But I always found another way
Earn in a factory, fought in the streets
Hung from the bridges and died to speak
I brought you everything you have today
[Chorus]
And I ain t going nowhere
Cause I m right where I belong
I don t have to love it
And I don t have to leave it
Ain t no stranger here, I am your native son
Ain t no stranger here, I am your native son
[Bridge]
I m your brother I ve been beaten and mistreated
I m your daughter, I ve been lied to, I ve been cheated
I m the one they call now when everything s in pieces
The forgotten child that you thought you never needed
[Chorus]
I ain t going nowhere
Cause I m right where I belong
I don t have to love it
And I don t have to leave it
[Outro]
Ain t no stranger here, I am your native son
Ain t no stranger here, I am your native son