Never Met a Man I Didn't Like [From the Will Rogers Follies]

Never met a man I didn't like High fallutin' gent or bowery bum Yes, I've come a long way Down the pike Never met a man I didn't like. Never shook a hand I didn't like Royal Prince of Wales or working Joe Though I know life's one long rocky hike Never met a man I didn't like. In all of my wanderin' I've bumped into all kinds of people Fancy cinema stars, false evangelists, Politicians, morticians, And I have reached the conclusion While hiking the pike Though I try and I try Never once met a guy that I didn't like. I said I've roamed along the Napa Valley Shubert Alley, Rue De La Play, Oklahoma and Kalamazoo, oh oh oh And I have reached the conclusion While hiking the pike Yes I'll say it till I'm done No I never met one that I didn't like. Met the worst and met the best Somebody put me to the test Almost made me change my mind Yet somehow I'd always find If you don't expect too much There's a certain human touch Homo sapiens have got other animals have not Try the shoes on that are his Feel what makes him what he is What's it like inside his skin Living in the skin he's in Just like me a lump of sod There but for the grace of God That is a philosophy of this part time Cherokee President and King or Pat and Mike Folks can laugh but I can't give up hope Spun my rope a long way down the pike Never met a man I didn't like. High tone gent, bowery bum Prince of Wales, working Joe Pat and Mike Cherokee, philosophy I never met a man I didn't like.