It Don't Bother Me - Bert Jansch

To be exposed

In all my strife

You gaze upon

My troubled life

But it don’t bother me

What you see

No, oh no

It just don’t bother me

You take my name

And hang it high

You paint my picture

With colored lies

But it don’t bother me

What you do

No, oh no

It just don’t bother me

You twist my words

Like plaited reeds

To mark your gain

And help your needs

But it don’t bother me

What you say

No, oh no

It just don’t bother me

What truth is told

Of who I am

Shall break the silence

Of waters calm

But it don’t bother me

Who I am

No, oh no

It just don’t bother me

But if was

A beggar boy

I’d sing of riches

I could enjoy

But it, it don’t bother me

What they are

No, oh no

It just don’t bother me

I’m a thinkin' now

I would rather hide

Or turn my back

And stand aside

But it, it don’t bother me

What I do

No, oh no

It just don’t bother me