Well I learned how to walk and I learned how to run in Bakersfield Should?ve done time over things I?d done in Bakersfield I tasted my first taste of romance in Bakersfield I learned how to fight and I learned how to dance in Bakersfield Dancin? on beer can hill Overlookin? Bakersfield Remembering my first thrill Dancin? on Beer Can Hill I made part of my livin in a honky tonk bar in Bakersfield Picked a little cotton and a lotta guitar in Bakersfield Well you couldn?t do better but you won?t do bad in Bakersfield Slow dancin? out here is sort of a fad in Bakersfield Solo Key Change - Move Capo to 3 and play same songs I drank a lot of beer since I was a kid in Bakersfield Did a little time over things I did in Bakersfield 10 years later made me of the year in Bakersfield And I?m duckin and dodgin? and dancin? out here in Bakersfield