Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens Streets of Bakersfield was released in 1988. Buck Owens originally recorded the song, “Streets of Bakersfield,” in 1973. However, the 1988 collaboration between Dwight Yoakam and Owens turned the single into a #1 hit on the Billboard Country Music charts starting October 15, 1988. The song was featured on Dwight Yoakam’s album, Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room.
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Check out the music video and lyrics below!
Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens Streets of Bakersfield Video
“Streets of Bakersfield” was written by Homer Joy.
Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens Streets of Bakersfield Lyrics
I came here looking for something
I couldn’t find anywhere else
Hey, I’m not trying to be nobody
I just want a chance to be myself
I’ve spent a thousand miles of thumbin’
Yes I’ve worn blisters on my heels
Trying to find me something better
Here on the streets of Bakersfield
Hey you don’t know me, but you don’t like me
You say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Have ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?
Spent some time in San Francisco
I spent a night there in the can
They threw this drunk man in my jail cell
I took fifteen dollars from that man
Left him my watch and my old house key
Don’t want folks thinkin’ that I’d steal
Then I thanked him as I was leaving
And I headed out for Bakersfield
Hey you don’t know me, but you don’t like me
You say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?
Hey you don’t know me, but you don’t like me
You say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?
How many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?
