Just wanna be misunderstood
Wanna be feared in my neighborhood
Just wanna be a moody man
Say things that nobody can understand

I wanna be obscure and oblique
Inscrutable and vague, so hard to pin down
I wanna leave open mouths when I speak
Want people to cry when I put them down

I wanna be either old or young
Don't like where I've ended up or where I begun
I always feel I must get things in the can
I just can't handle it the way I am

Why am I so straight and simple
People see through me like I'm made of glass
Why can't I deepen with graying temples
Am I growing out of my class?

[Harmonica Solo]

I always feel I should be somewhere else
I feel impatient, like a girl on the shelf
They say that I should live "sera, sera"
But I am such an ordinary star

Cool walking smooth talking straight smoking fire stoking
Cool walking smooth talking, yeah

Just wanna be misunderstood
I wanna be feared in my neighborhood
Just wanna be a moody man
Say things that nobody can understand

(Cool walking smooth talking straight smoking fire stoking)
Yeah
(Cool walking smooth talking straight smoking fire stoking)
Cool walking smooth talking
(Cool walking smooth talking straight smoking fire stoking)
Straight smoking fire stoking
(Cool walking smooth talking straight smoking fire stoking)
Yeah

Hey baby