Ain't In My Lexicon
“Ain’t In My Lexicon” is a gritty, driving Texas blues-rock song about refusing to give anger, revenge and self-pity a permanent home.
It doesn’t pretend that betrayal doesn’t hurt or that old scars disappear. It’s about remembering the lesson without carrying the pain—because holding a grudge is just giving someone you don’t even like free room inside your head.
Driven by a relentless boogie bass line, hard-hitting drums and dirty electric guitar, the song turns forgiveness into something tough rather than sentimental. You don’t have to forget, surrender or pretend the wrong was right. Sometimes the strongest thing you can do is drop the burden and keep moving.
Learn the lesson. Keep the scar. Leave the poison behind.
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Lyrics
I've been lied to, I've been cheated
Had a handshake turn to smoke
Had a friend walk off with money
Then come back and call it a joke
I could spend my nights remembering
Every bastard, every wrong
But I ain't wasting good tomorrows
On some fool who's already gone
I remember every lesson
I just don't memorize the pain
You can stand there cursing thunder
Or get on walking through the rain
Anger ain't in my lexicon
Revenge ain't a road I'm on
Self-pity never paid one bill
And a bitter heart never bent my will
You can keep that poison, pass it on
I've got better things to lean upon
Hate, regret and getting even
Ain't in my lexicon
I don't rent rooms inside my head
To folks I wouldn't let through my door
Why give free room and board to someone
I don't want around no more?
Yeah, I've got scars and I remember
Every place I got 'em from
But a scar's just proof the bleeding stopped
Not a debt that's still to come
I ain't saying it didn't hurt me
I ain't saying they were right
I just won't hand yesterday
Another piece of me tonight
Anger ain't in my lexicon
Revenge ain't a road I'm on
Self-pity never paid one bill
And a bitter heart never bent my will
You can keep that poison, pass it on
I've got better things to lean upon
Hate, regret and getting even
Ain't in my lexicon
Forgiving don't mean surrender
And forgetting ain't the deal
You don't have to shake his hand again
To let yourself go heal
I ain't waiting on an apology
To tell me I can carry on
Some folks are better left behind you
So I leave 'em where they belong
I remember every lesson
I just don't memorize the pain
And I don't need somebody else's poison
Running circles through my veins
Anger ain't in my lexicon
Revenge ain't a road I'm on
Self-pity never paid one bill
Never fixed one thing and never will
You can keep that poison, pass it on
Life's too damn short to drag it along
Hate, regret and getting even
Ain't in my lexicon
No, I ain't saying I forget
I just know when something's gone
Learn the lesson, drop the burden
And keep on moving on
Anger…
Revenge…
Nah.
Ain't in my lexicon.
