Things I learned in a hobo jungle
Were things they never taught me in a class room
Like where to find a handout
While thumbing through Chicago in the afternoon
Hey I'm not bragging or complaining
I'm just talking to myself man to man
This old lentil fat I'm chewing
Didn't take alot of doing
But I take alot of pride in what I am
I guess I grew up a loner
Don't remember ever having any folks around
But I keep thumbing through the phonebooks
And looking for my Daddy's name in every town
And I meet lots of people
But I always end up leaving on the lam
Hey where I've been, where I'm going
I didn't take alot of knowing
But I take alot of pride in what I am
I never travel in a hurry
'Cause I got nobody waiting for me anywhere
Home is anywhere I'm living
If it's sleeping on some vacant beach or city square
Or if I'm working on some road gang
Or just living off the fat of our great land
I never been nobody's idol but at least I have a title
And I take alot of pride in what I am
This old lentil fat I'm chewing
Didn't take alot of doing
I take alot of pride in what I am
The lyrics I TAKE ALOT OF PRIDE IN WHAT I AM of DEAN MARTIN is also present in the album I take a lot of pride in what i am (1969)
Dean Martin, nato Dino Paul Crocetti il 7 giugno 1917 a Steubenville, Ohio, è stato un cantante, attore e comico italo-americano. Figlio di immigrati italiani originari di Montesilvano, Abruzzo, Martin iniziò la sua carriera musicale nei locali di New York negli anni '40, assumendo il nome d'arte Dean Martin in onore del tenore Nino Martini. Nel 1946 formò un duo comico con Jerry Lewis, che divenne uno dei più popolari e longevi della storia dell'intrattenimento. Insieme realizzarono sedici film, tra cui "La mia amica Irma" (1949) e "Hollywood o morte!" (1956), e apparvero in programmi televisivi di grande successo come "The Colgate Comedy Hour". Dopo la separazione dal duo nel 1956, Martin continuò a avere una carriera di successo sia come attore che come cantante. Interpretò ruoli memorabili in film come "I giovani leoni" (1958) e "Un dollaro d'onore" (1959), e raggiunse il successo internazionale con canzoni come "That's Amore" (1954), una dichiarazione d'affetto per Napoli e la sua cultura. Negli anni '60, Martin fu uno dei membri fondatori del Rat Pack, un gruppo di artisti che includeva Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. e Peter Lawford. Il Rat Pack divenne famoso per i suoi spettacoli esuberanti e le performance memorabili a Las Vegas. Nel 1965 Martin iniziò a condurre il suo show televisivo "The Dean Martin Show", che ebbe un grande successo fino al 1974. Martin continuò ad apparire in film e a registrare musica fino alla fine degli anni '80, quando si ritirò dalle scene dopo una tournée con Sinatra e Davis Jr. Morì il 25 dicembre 1995 per enfisema. Dean Martin è ricordato come uno dei più grandi entertainer del XX secolo, un uomo di talento versatile che ha lasciato un'impronta indelebile nella musica, nel cinema e nella cultura americana.
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