A hard-hitting, soul-stirring track that blends raw emotion with gritty storytelling. With his signature blend of outlaw country and Southern rock, Jinks takes listeners on a ride through the highs and lows of life, love, and everything in between. "Snake Bit" is a perfect mix of infectious melodies and poignant lyrics, showcasing Cody's unmatched ability to connect with fans on a deep level. Whether you're a lifelong fan or new to his sound, "Snake Bit" is a must-listen that proves why Cody Jinks continues to reign as one of country music's most authentic voices.
Call me Adam.
If it’s all the same, you know I’m Abel.
I’ve been raising Cain just like Peter.
I could change my name. It’s all in vain.
Now call me David.
I’ve been singing songs just like Saul.
Been blinded all along.
The suits and all the ties that bind the dim lit rooms and bottom lines are wrong.
If I call you Jacob,
Would you speak the truth or just like Judas
Is it not in you?
Do now what you came here for, I always knew you were the thorn in my side
Go on and fill me with your venom and your lies, you can’t kill me or even look me in the eye
I ain’t hard to find, I’m done running with your kind, and I don’t hide.
I never saw the snake there in plain sight.
Damn sure felt the bite.
I’ve been a doubter
I know I’m made for this, and I’ve seen evil.
They greet me with a kiss.
Leave you bleeding ask you why they hang you out to dry with no goodbye
So I’m moving on
It’s time to shake some dust, I’m tired and late
Where moth and dust grow
They get you down in every town until the man himself comes back around
Go on and fill me with your venom and your lies you can’t kill me
Or even look me in the eye.
I ain’t hard to find, I’’m done running with your kind and I don’t hide
The devil is a master of disguise
Never saw the snake there in plain sight
I damn sure felt the bite.
Go on and fill me with your venom in your lies, you can’t kill me or even look me in the eye
I ain’t hard to find, I’m done running with your kind, and I don’t hide.
The devil is a master of disguise
We both know you can’t stand a fight
Never saw the snake there in plain sight
I damn sure felt the bite
damn sure felt the bite
I woke up this mornin’
Almost to my bed
I still got my boots on
Hurtin’ in my head
What the hell was I thinkin’?
Another deja vu
But you can bet this evenin’
I’ll do what I always do
I put the whiskey down
Count me in on the groove
Turn it up, turn it loud boys
Pickin’ them country blues
Keep them out on the dance floor
Keep them drinkin till there ain’t no more
Till they turn on the lights and call it a night
Let’s put the whiskey down
Every honky tonk hero
I’ve ever known
Got a taste for the hard stuff
And old Gary Stewart’s songs
Singing “Ten Years Together”
Drinkin’ doubles tonight
Till every glass is empty and every bottle is dry.
I put the whiskey down,
Count me in on the groove
Turn it up, turn it loud boys
Pickin’ them country blues
Keep em’ out on the dance floor
Keep ‘em drinkin till there ain’t no more.
Till they turn on the lights,
And call it a night,
Let’s put the whiskey down.
Let’s put the whiskey down.
Count me in on the groove.
Turn it up, turn it loud boys
Pickin’ them country blues
Keep ’em out on the dance floor
Keep ’em drinking ’til there ain’t no more
‘Til they turn on the lights and call it a night
Let’s put the whiskey down
‘Til they turn on the lights and call it a night
Let’s put the whiskey down
Ridin’ down the highway
Goin’ to a show
Stop in all the byways
Playin’ rock ‘n’ roll
Gettin’ robbed
Gettin’ stoned
Gettin’ beat up
Broken-boned
Gettin’ had
Gettin’ took
I tell you, folks
It’s harder than it looks
It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock ‘n’ roll
It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock ‘n’ roll
If you think it’s easy doin’ one night stands
Try playin’ in a rock roll band
It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock ‘n’ roll
Hotel, motel
Make you wanna cry
Ladies do the hard sell
And you know the reason why
Gettin’ old
Gettin’ grey
Gettin’ ripped off
Underpaid
Gettin’ sold
Second hand
That’s how it goes
Playin’ in a band
It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock ‘n’ roll
It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock ‘n’ roll
If you wanna be a star of stage and screen
Look out man, it’s rough and mean
It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock ‘n’ roll
It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock ‘n’ roll
If you’ve got the money, I’ve got the time
We’ll go honky tonkin’ and we’ll have a time
We’ll make all the night spots, dance, drink beer and wine
If you’ve got the money, honey, I’ve got the time
Ain’t no use to tarry, let’s start out tonight
We’ll spread joy, oh boy, oh boy, and we’ll spread it right
We’ll have more fun, baby, all the way down the line
If you’ve got the money, honey, I’ve got the time
If you’ve got the money, I’ve got the time
We’ll go honky tonkin’ and we’ll have a time
Bring along your Cadillac, leave m’old wreck behind
If you’ve got the money, honey, I’ve got the time
Yes, we’ll go honky tonkin’, make every club in town
We’ll go to the park it’s dark, we won’t fool around
You run short of money, I’ll run short of time
You’ve got no more money, honey, I’ve no more time
If you’ve got the money, I’ve got the time
We’ll go honky tonkin’ and we’ll have a time
We’ll make all the night spots, dance, drink beer and wine
If you’ve got the money, honey, I’ve got the time
For years and years I’ve rambled, drank my wine and gambled
One day I thought I’d settle down
I met a perfect lady, she said she’d be my baby
We built a cottage in the old hometown
But somehow I can’t forget my good old rambling ways
The railroad trains are calling me away
I may be tough, I may be wild, I may be rough
But that’s just my style
I can’t give up my good ol’ rough and rowdy ways
But somehow I can’t forget my good ol’ ramblin’ ways
The railroad trains are callin’ me away
I may be tough, I may be wild, I may be rough
But that’s just my style.
I can’t give up my good old rough and rowdy ways
I was born in Saginaw, Michigan
I grew up in a house on Saginaw Bay
My dad was a poor, hard-working Saginaw fisherman
Too many times he came home, too little pay
I loved a girl (I loved a girl)
In Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan)
The daughter of a wealthy, wealthy man
But he called me that son of a Saginaw fisherman
And not good enough to claim his daughter’s hand
Now I’m up here in Alaska looking around for gold
Like a crazy fool I’m digging in this frozen ground so cold
But with each new day I pray I’ll strike it rich and then
Go back home and claim my love in Saginaw, Michigan
I wrote my love (I wrote my love)
In Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan)
I said honey I’m coming home please wait for me
And you can tell your dad I’m coming back a richer man
I hit the biggest strike in Klondike history
Her dad met me (Her dad met me)
In Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw Michigan)
He gave me a great big party with champagne
Then he said son you wise young ambitious man
Will you sell your father-in-law your Klondike claim?
Now he’s up there in Alaska digging in the cold, cold ground
The greedy fool is looking for the gold I never found
It serves him right and no one here is missing him
Least of all the newlyweds of Saginaw, Michigan
We’re the happiest man and wife in Saginaw, Michigan
He’s ashamed to show his face in Saginaw, Michigan
I’ve been throwing horseshoes
Over my left shoulder
I’ve spent most all my life
Searching for that four-leaf clover
You ran with me
Chasing rainbows
I love you too
That’s the way love goes
That’s the way love goes, babe
That’s the music God made
For all the world to sing
It’s never old, it grows
Losing makes me sorry
You say, “Honey, don’t worry
I love you too?”
And that’s the way love goes
That’s the way love goes, babe
That’s the music God made
For all the world to sing
It’s never old, it grows
Losing makes me sorry
And you say, “Honey, now don’t worry
Don’t you know I love you too?”
And that’s the way love goes
Always late with your kisses
Won’t you come to my arms sweet darlin’ and stay
Always late with your kisses
Why, oh why do you want to do me this way
How long do you think I can wait
When you know you’re always late
Always late with your kisses
Why, oh why do you want to do me this way
Always late with your kisses
Won’t you come to my arms sweet darlin’ and stay
Always late with your kisses
Why, oh why do you want to do me this way
How long do you think I can wait
When you know you’re always late
Always late with your kisses
Why, oh why do you want to do me this way
She said if I ever deceived her
She’d be gone before I could count ten
I guess that I did not believe her
Look at the trouble that I’m in
She’s gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone
Cryin’ won’t bring her back
The more that I cry
The faster that train flies
Farther on down the track
I’d lost every right to be happy
When I lost the heaven I found
She warned me she’d leave and she left me
Before my first tear hit the ground
She’s gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone
Cryin’ won’t bring her back
The more that I cry
The faster that train flies
Farther on down the track
If I only knew where to find her
I’d crawl there on my hands and knees
Each tick of the clock is a reminder
She’s one second farther from me
She’s gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone
Cryin’ won’t bring her back
The more that I cry
The faster that train flies
Farther on down the track
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night
There was someone killed ‘neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
The judge said, “Son what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else then you won’t have to die”
I spoke not a word though it meant my life
For I had been in the arms of my best friend’s wife
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
The scaffold is high, and eternity nears
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when that cold wind mourns
In a long black veil she cries over my bones
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me, nobody knows but me, nobody knows but me
I can’t stand to see a good man go to waste
One who never combs his hair or shaves his face
A man who leans on wine over love that’s told a lie
It tears me up to see a grown man cry
I never go around mirrors
I can’t stand to see me without you by my side
I never go around mirrors
‘Cause I’ve got a heartache to hide
I never go around mirrors
I can’t stand to see me without you by my side
I never go around mirrors
‘Cause I’ve got a heartache to hide
And it tears me up to see a grown man cry
Oh, sick, sober and sorry
Broke, disgusted and sad
Sick, sober and sorry
But look at the fun that I’ve had.
I met with a gal in a tavern
Oh, what a beautiful dream
We had three or four, then had several more
That’s when I went off my beam.
Oh, sick, sober and sorry
Broke, disgusted and sad
Sick, sober and sorry
Look at the fun that I’ve had.
The jukebox so loudly was playin’
Each couple havin’ a ball
But of all of them gals, their sweethearts and pals
I’ll bet I’m sickest of them all.
Oh, sick, sober and sorry
Broke, disgusted and sad
Sick, sober and sorry
Look at the fun that I’ve had.
Clock on the wall said it’s later
In fact it was twenty to four
In spite of my pride
They kicked me outside
They locked and bolted the door
Oh, sick, sober and sorry
Broke, disgusted and sad
Sick, sober and sorry
Look at the fun that I’ve had.
It’s a long, hard, and windin’ road to where I am right now
A lot of days I wish I could change, but I can’t figure how
‘Cause all them places that I’ve been, things that I’ve seen
I’d be better off dead than goin’ there again
And I’ve been caught somewhere in between
A memory and a dream
Well, I’ve been screamin’ at the world
Since the time that I could talk
Well, I’ve been runnin’ into walls
Since the day that I could walk
‘Cause all them bottles I’ve drank, never mind the smoke
Man, the years are gangin’ up on me, but I’m holdin’ onto hope
And I’m still caught somewhere in between
A memory and a dream
Yeah, ten years gone, I’ve been around the world
And somehow, I always wind up here,
It must be this company I keep,
oh that takes me back and gets me on my feet
Yeah, my life is still exactly what it seems
A memory and a dream
Yeah, ten years gone, I’ve been around the world
And somehow, I always wind up here,
Must be this company I keep,
Oh that takes me back and gets me on my feet
Yeah, my life is still exactly what it seems
A memory and a dream
Yeah, my life is still exactly what it seems
A memory and a dream
It’s a long, hard, and windin’ road to where I am right now
A lot of days I wish I could change, but I can’t figure how
I stopped by a place I used to know
But nobody knew my name
And I felt out of place and out of time
But I had one just the same
The new bartender did not seem to care
About a story of back then
It’s gettin’ hard to find ’em, have you seen ’em?
I’m lookin’ for a friend
It’s been a time round here, just gettin’ by
Things are hard and nothin’s new
And I’ve been waitin’ for that sun to break on a cloudy afternoon
Yeah, this winter’s been much colder
Than the ones I knew back then
It’s gettin’ hard to find ’em, have you seen ’em?
I’m lookin’ for a friend
And I go down the road and back again
It’s hard rememberin’ where I’ve been
And I ain’t changed
It seems the world took off
And left me, that’s the way it goes
It’s a lonely road the dreamer follows
Like Peter Pan in Neverland, all alone
And I’m still singin’ for my supper, like I’ve always done
But now the business and the politics have taken most the fun
But I’ll be out there chasin’ sundown
And I’ll be home in God knows when
I’m lookin’ out to find one, I’m hopin’ I might see one
I’m lookin’ for a friend
And I go down the road and back again
It’s hard rememberin’ where I’ve been
And I ain’t changed
It seems the world took off
And left me, that’s the way it goes
It’s a lonely road the dreamer follows
Like Peter Pan in Neverland, all alone
I stopped by a place I used to know
But nobody knew my name
Stayin’ burnt out all the time
Well that’s a good way for you to lose your mind
Stayin’ low for too damn long
Well, that’s enough to wanna get high
I’m not saying what’s right or wrong
Some folks need a little help getting along
I can’t judge, Lord, I’ve been stoned
But I know Jesus knows
And I get by
And I get by
We all get by
By the grace of God we all get by
Yeah, my momma introduced me to God as a child
You know my dad, he does his livin’ a little less mild
He’d rather sing those gospel songs on the front porch anyway
My baby sister, she married a man
On the other side of where dad and I land
We laugh and joke and give him hell
But he loves that little girl
And they get by
And they get by
We all get by
By the grace of God we all get by
And everybody’s waiting on that day when all is right
And we’ve still got each other
To make it through another night
Everybody’s waiting on that time when all is right
We still got each other
To make it through another night
This corner bar is not a house of sin
It’s a place where all of us fit in
I’ve seen the same faces Saturday night
As I have on Sunday morning
And Bother John’s there sipping his drink
You know he don’t care what the others might think
He laughs and joke and finds it funny
That the others all drink alone at home
He gets by
And he gets by
We all get by
By the grace of God we all get by
Stayin’ burnt out all the time
Well, that’s a good way for you to lose your mind
Stayin’ low for too damn long
Well that’s enough to wanna get high
Yonder way, in the distance
Thunderheads comin’ down
Yesterday the sky was golden
The days before, well they’d been good
Every one that goes up, must come down
It’s gravity
But staying grounded, safely still
Robs the wanderer of being afraid
Hammer down as you quest, friend
To pick up speed through that next town
I point my face into the wind, friend
To exorcise the tragedies
That come with my free will
Comin’ down from the mountain
Trips me up and makes me feel
Like I can never find my way
Back to the top
And if Jesus calls before I wake
I’ll consider that my break
And I will ask for nothin’ nevermore
Nevermore, no no, nevermore
The valley roads, they lay hidden
In the box, without much light
And it gets easy to lose direction
To hide with shadows, to wait for night
And every one that goes down
Should get back up and start to heaven
But staying grounded, safely still
In the arms of God becomes your will
Take your time as you start up, friend
Enjoy the view atop the rung
Point your face into the sky, friend
Smilin’ oh that mean ole devil
Sure don’t like the sun
No he sure don’t like it none
Comin’ down from the mountain
Trips me up and makes me feel
Like I can never find my way
Back to the top
And if Jesus calls before I wake
I’ll consider that my break
And I will ask for nothin’ never more
Nevermore, no no, nevermore
Comin’ down from the mountain
Trips me up and makes me feel
Like I can never find my way
Back to the top
And if Jesus calls before I wake
I’ll consider that my break
And I will ask for nothin’ nevermore
Nevermore, no no, nevermore
13 years this spring, we’ve been together
And I recall more good than bad
Lately, you’ve been showin’ signs you no longer like me
I don’t have to tell you I’ve been sad
It’s been good and off domestic situation
You’ve been my rock all through the years
Now I’ve got to find a way to change our dispositions
Well, I’m tired of fightin’ back my tears
I don’t know what I’ve done to bring you down
And you won’t even look at me
And I feel unwelcome in my own house
But I’m still the same old me
Yeah, the other day you were thinkin’ about leavin’
And I told you then I don’t want that
But then you brought it up again, like I’d forgotten
That wall sure feels cold against my back
You point that gun long enough at somebody
And they’ll holler “shoot”
“Go on, pull that trigger, I’m tired of playin’”
The hell that comes with not knowin’
If you’re really leavin’
Is worse than if that day may come itself
I don’t know what I’ve done to bring you down
But you won’t even look at me
And I feel unwelcome in my own house
But I’m still the same old me
13 years this spring, we’ve been together
I still recall more good than bad
All the people ask me where I’ve been
Where I’m from, where I’m from
Down the muddy banks to a place
Out on the edge of town
I’ve been down, I’ve been down
To the Prairie House
Lay your money down on the barrelhead
By the door, with your gun
You won’t need your gun
And don’t you cross the Reverend
On a Thursday night in a game of stud
Son, you’re gonna lose, you’re gonna lose
The doorman knew
So here’s to you and I at the end of the day
Forgiving all the wrongs we’ve made
We can set them up and lay them all down
Singing this is where we’re bound
Where we’re bound
Yeah, the judge’s wife sits behind the bar
And she’ll set them up
She’ll set you straight, she’ll set you straight
Oh, the sheriff is a bluesman
And he’ll sing a song
Sing along, sing along
Sing with every song
Here’s to you and I at the end of the day
Forgiving all the wrongs we’ve made
We can set them up and lay them all down
Singing this is where we’re bound
Where we’re bound
Oh Lord, please walk with us
On our not so narrow way
Oh Lord, please be with us
Can’t you hear this old house pray?
The good guys always win
And we’re all forgivin’ of our sins
And the whole world smiles when a child is born
And everyone’s color blind
And my God and your God are one of kind
Who wants a holy war anyway?
There’s just a few things I’d be glad to say
There’s no homeless on our streets
There’s no crooked politicians takin’ money from me
And the banks look out for the little man
We’re all of the ones that care
The teachers and the nurses, we’ve made ’em millionaires
And the lawyers all work pro bono
There’s just a few things I’d be glad to say
And time will find the reasons
The where’s, the why’s, and all that lead us
Seeking shelter, seeking truth
I find it’s harder with age
All the childhood things that we threw away
They were just pieces of our innocence
I find it’s harder with age
All the childhood things that we threw away
They were just pieces of our innocence
I don’t miss those cigarettes
And I never drink to try to forget
And this old world is still a damn fine place
There’s just a few things I’d be glad to say
And time will find the reasons
The where’s, the why’s, and all that lead us
Seeking shelter, seeking truth
I find it’s harder with age
All the childhood things that we put away
They were just pieces of our innocence
The good guys always win
And we’re all forgivin’ of our sins
And the whole world smiles when a child is born
Here’s to you, my Lady Bug
You’re my gift from God above
Precious little angel child
Come, be still with me a while
It rained for weeks before you came
How do you know I love the rain
The whole world changed when you found yours
No, nothin’ new would be the same
Never fear child
I’m right here child
Lady Bug
Here’s to you my wild flower
May you stand the tests of time
Dark days come, and dark days pass
Just keep reachin’ for that sun
Always grow child
And always know child
Wild flower
Here’s to you, my blue-eyed girl
It’s your time to change the world
Freely give the gifts you bring
Learn to laugh, child, dance and sing
Be yourself child
Find yourself child
My blue-eyed girl
So here’s to you, my Lady Bug
Come, be still with me a while
This old guitar
Is gonna smell like this bar tomorrow
Yeah, the smell is all it gets, I take the pay
But when I open up that case, we remember the night before
This old guitar
Is gonna smell like this bar tomorrow
And my old truck
She was new about a year ago
Yeah, she’s lived an old truck’s lifetime, carryin’ me down the road
When I turn that engine over, she’s ready and willin’ to go
My old truck
She was new about a year ago
My sweet girl
She’s gonna be smilin’ when I get home
Yeah, she gives more than she takes, she don’t take that much
And I’ll be pullin’ up in a dirty old truck with a smelly old guitar
And my sweet girl
Gonna be smilin’ when I get home
I got me a friend
He’s always there beside me
And I forget sometimes he’s there, but he’s always there
When I find myself some trouble, he’s the first guy that I call
I got me a good friend
I ain’t never seen at all
This old guitar
Is gonna smell like this bar tomorrow
I’ve seen the sun for the first time
In a week or so
I wipe the sleep from my eyes
I’ve got nowhere to go
A cup of coffee in my hand
I’ve got me a smoke
There’s nothing doin’
I just wanna be alone
The right end of the sunrise
It sure looks nice
To see a new day taking shape
Not startin’ with no night
Well I been rollin’ along on a thin dime
And I’m happy to be home
Please forgive me, I just wanna be alone
Well I’m gonna finish this pot of coffee
And I’m gonna put me another on
Well I might grab my thread-bare Martin
And pick me out a song
I know I’ll sit right here, I’ll smoke one more
And just enjoy the dawn
I’m not angry, I just wanna be alone
Spent my lifetime runnin’ around
It suits me fine
Shakin’ hands and one night stands
That’s what gets me by
But the days gettin’ short
And the songs getting’ long
It’s time to go
No, I’m not angry, I just wanna be alone
Well I’m gonna finish this pot of coffee
And I’m gonna put me another on
Well I might grab my thread-bare Martin
And pick me out a song
I know I’ll sit right here, I’ll smoke one more
And just enjoy the dawn
No, I’m not angry, I just wanna be alone
Please forgive me, I just want to be alone
There’s nothin’ doin’
I just wanna be alone
It’s just enough to get the band clear,
a case of beer
I’m shoring up the load
It’s just enough to get a full tank
A little dank from some dude in the second row
Here’s to hoping this guitar
Will make it through the end of this run
Here’s to knowing it’s the last song
Man I’m doing what I can
Well, I’m a fast moving son of gun
I don’t say much
If I even talk at all
Well, you can find out what you want to know if you listen to my songs
You did not come in here to here me speak and I came in to sing
It’s all about the song and the line and the words and the melody
I never did care to be classified because
I never did call it anything to hide what it really was
I love rock and roll and songs with soul
but let’s call a spade a spade
Yeah, that’s a pop record man, you’re a Nashville fan
If you could sing then you’d have it made
And I appreciate your good taste
And I appreciate your time
And if we never meet again
I’ll assume the pleasure’s all mine
It’s just enough to get the band clear,
a case of beer
shoring up the load
It’s just enough to get a full tank
A little dank from some dude I did not know
Here’s to hoping this guitar
can make it through the end of this run
Here’s to knowing it’s the last song
Man I’m doing what I can
Well, I’m a fast moving son of gun
Here’s to knowing it’s the last song
Man I’m doing what I can
Well, I’m a fast moving son of gun
Church bells ring with a rose petal shower
Standing in our finest hour
Walk and talk with you beside me, and me beside you
First new home and our first dog together
Setting in for life’s weather
Days go by, we begin to find that the new wears off
Years roll on and the paint on the house fades
Dogs get old and children move away
With lines in our faces, gray in our hair
The new wears off
You were so beautiful back then
I could never imagine how beautiful you would be by now
When the new wears off
Of a house and a car
Nothings gonna change the way I feel in my heart
And if time stood still
For a million years
My love for you would only go that far
So let the new wear off
I never knew a man who would wish away his life
But I think of all the times
That we’ve had
Those still to come when the new wears off
You’re so beautiful right now
I could never imagine how beautiful you will be someday
When the new wears off
Of a house and a car
Nothings gonna change the way I feel in my heart
And if time stood still
For a million years
My love for you would only go that far
So let the new wear off
Well, it’s me
In case you were wondering
Same old mess as I have always been
I’ve been fighting
Regrets and memories
Time has not healed me like I thought it would
And I don’t know which ones are worse
The nightmares or the hangovers
The sleepless nights or the passing out and finally getting rest
The slowing down just reminds me of why I started in the first place
The numbing just fueled me for the running away from the pain
And I’m closer to the messed up than the sober thing
I’ve been working
What I mean by working
Been trying to find myself
Who I am
I’m still fighting regrets and memories
Time don’t give up on me
Like I fear it will
And I don’t know which ones are worse
The nightmares or the hangovers
The sleepless nights or the passing out and finally getting rest
The slowing down just reminds me of why I started in the first place
The numbing just fueled me for the running away from the pain
And I’m closer to the messed up than the sober thing
And I don’t know which ones are worse
The nightmares or the hangovers
The sleepless nights or the passing out and finally getting rest
The slowing down just reminds me of why I started in the first place
The numbing just fueled me for the running away from the pain
And I’m closer to the messed up than the sober thing
Well, it’s me
In case you were wondering
Same old mess as I have always been
Well, the world tears down all those who go astray
We pay a price for going our own way
Oh and wisdoms often born of our scars
And we find ourselves losing who we are
Go on hit the highway, disappear in the night
You got to see the world all by yourself, and that’s alright
You ain’t leaving me worried, you were born to roam
The thing about outlaws and mustangs, they always come home
They always come home
You outlaws and mustangs, restless and on the run
Well come all you misfit daughters and you prodigal sons
You don’t have to apologize
For your free, exploring mind
Go on hit the highway, disappear in the night
You got to see the world all by yourself, and that’s alright
You ain’t leaving me worried, you were born to roam
The thing about outlaws and mustangs, they always come home
They always come home
Go on hit the highway, disappear in the night
You got to see the world all by yourself, and that’s alright
You ain’t leaving me worried, you were born to roam
The thing about outlaws and mustangs, they always come home
They always come home
Oh, they always come home
Oh, they always come home
Oh, they always come home
Oh, they always come home
Oh, they always come home
You can tell ’em all that I’m crazy
You can tell ’em I’ve never changed
You can tell ’em anything that you want ’em to hear
It’s okay, I’ve heard the same
Don’t think that I love you
Don’t think that I don’t try
Don’t you ever think you don’t add more weight every time you asked me why
The shackles can’t get no tighter, the chain ain’t got no give
The ball don’t get no smaller, yeah, that’s just the way it is
You can tell ’em all that I’m crazy
You can tell ’em I’ve never changed
You can tell ’em anything that you want ’em to hear
It’s okay, I’ve heard the same
I’ve heard the same
Right there on your table
I see your plate is full
Sitting next to a glass half empty
And a never ending pool
Yeah, the reasons I keep leaving
Are the reasons I can’t stay
Don’t think I don’t want to
And, no, I’ve never walked away
You can tell ’em all that I’m crazy
You can tell ’em I’ve never changed
You can tell ’em anything that you want ’em to hear
It’s okay, I’ve heard the same
While you’re out there seeking shelter
And you find yourself in chains
I’ve always had had my own to bare
But you know I can’t complain
I can’t complain
I wish I could have said it all
Before you heard it rhyme
It’s the same old song you’ve heard me sing
At least a million times
You can tell ’em all that I’m crazy
You can tell ’em I’ve never changed
You can tell ’em anything that you want ’em to hear
It’s okay, I’ve heard the same
While you’re out there seeking shelter
And you find yourself in chains
I’ve always had my own to bare
But you know I can’t complain
I can’t complain
I can’t complain
No, I can’t complain
I can wait to love in Heaven
I can wait for you
Far away, I’ll treat you better
Better than down here
Because I’ve done wrong
And I’m a little afraid
I ain’t too strong
And this ain’t easy to say
Take this bottle
Take this bottle
And just walk away, the both of you
And let me feel the pain I’ve done to you
I can hope we’ll be together
With a better roof over our heads
I can hope the stormy weather
It passes on, it passes on
But I’ve hoped too long
Hoped for you to change
And that hope is gone
So listen what I say
Take this bottle
Take this bottle
And just walk away, the both of you
And let me feel the pain I’ve done to you
Cause I’ve done wrong
And I’m a little afraid
And I’ve hoped too long
Hoped for you to change
Take this bottle
Take this bottle
And just walk away, the both of you
And let me feel the pain I’ve done to you
I can wait to love in Heaven
I can wait for you
I can wait to love in Heaven
I can wait for you
You might lose every dollar you make
Cradle will fall and the bank will break
You might laugh until you wear that mistake
Swore it never happened to you
Taking from Peter, give it to Paul
It’s feedin’ your family or against the law
It all depends on which side you fall
On these deceiver’s blues
Two different rules a man lives by
The law of truth
The law of a lie
It’s up to you
You decide
Win or lose
Do or die
Sometimes I wonder how the good Lord decides
Who gets the luck, who gets the struggle and strife
Good and evil, the wrong and the right
I’ve learned from both the two
I never win any game but mine
I learned the hard way when to call it a night
If you care to learn, son, I’ll teach you right
Oh, these deceiver’s blues
Two different rules a man lives by
The law of truth
The law of a lie
It’s up to you
You decide
Win or lose
Do or die
Two different rules a man lives by
The law of truth
The law of a lie
It’s up to you
You decide
Win or lose
Do or die
You might lose every dollar you make
Cradle will fall and the bank will break
You might laugh until you wear that mistake
Oh, these deceiver’s blues
Oh, these deceiver’s blues
Oh, these deceiver’s blues
The sun goes down
If you hang around
Feel the cold wind blow
I never sleep
But hide in these sheets
Try to keep my eyes closed
Fire don’t freeze
Nightmares ain’t dreams
Memories turn to rust
I feel the breeze and the fire that it feeds
It’s never cold enough
Three AM, I wake up screaming
Pleading for something I never believed in
There ain’t no room in here for no more demons
And the bad one always haunt me the most
Oh, I could use a few more ghosts
It’s all in my head
Just shy of dead
It’s hard to see a way out
Wish I could learn
But I can’t discern
What is burning me now
Three AM, I wake up screaming
Pleading for something I never believed in
There ain’t no room in here for no more demons
And the bad one always haunt me the most
Oh, I could use a few more ghosts
Three AM, I wake up screaming
Pleading for something I never believed in
There ain’t no room in here for no more demons
And the bad ones always haunt me the most
Oh, I could use a few more ghosts
I could use a few more ghosts
I could use a few more ghosts
I’ve been up and down these highways,
Put up wet and rode too hard
Worked to death to earn respect and I’ve earned every single scar
I always thought that this was crazy,
Didn’t know it’d go this far
But here I am
These wheels, they keep on turning
Headed right into the stars
I know it’s all been worth it,
Man, I sure miss playing bars
All I ever really wanted was to sing and play guitar
With my friends
Some said I’d never make it
That I didn’t do things right
So I showed them who I was
And then I made it just to spite
I changed the game, stood in the rain, I may be borderline insane
Been messed around, I’ve been put down but I keep coming back again
I wear that hat, yeah, I’m the punk that says I did it my own way
And at the end of the day I can say
I changed the game
So I keep moving, looking forward to what I have yet to find
I keep searching for a song and I keep humming on a rhyme
I keep praying for the youngbloods next in line to take my place
And the next one to stand up and say
Some said I’d never make it,
That I didn’t do things right
So I showed them who I was
And then I made it just to spite
I changed the game, stood in the rain, I may be borderline insane
Been messed around, I’ve been put down but I keep coming back again
I wear that hat, yeah I’m the punk who says I did it my own way
And at the end of the day I can say
At the end of the day I can say
I changed the game
Some said I’d never make it
That I didn’t do things right
So I showed them who I was
And then I made it just to spite
I changed the game, stood in the rain, I may be borderline insane
Been messed around, I’ve been put down but I keep coming back again
I wear that hat, yeah I’m the punk who says I did it my own way
And at the end of the day I can say
At the end of the day I can say
At the end of the day I can say
Go change the game
I changed the game
If you take me and say I’ll make you mine
If you’d give me your time
Right or wrong, I’m buying
I would
When you walk by, you know you catch my eye
My face a thin disguise
That shows the reasons why
I would
If you asked me if I could stay the night
Until the morning light
If that’s what on your mind
I would
If you asked me if I’d give you my life
Until the end of time
If that’s what’s on your mind
I would, I would
Walk through fire to shield you from the flame
I would, I would
Be the hand you reach for in the rain
Through the trials, through the triumph
Through the bad and through the good
If I could, I would
I would, I would
Walk through fire to shield you from the flame
I would, I would
Be the hand you reach for in the rain
Through the trials, through the triumph
Through the bad and through the good
If I could, I would
If I could, I would
You can put me on a rig
You can put me on a freight dock
Put a hammer in my hand
I’ll give it all I’ve got
It’s just what I do
It ain’t hard to understand
You can change the tools
But you can’t change the working man
You can sew an old patch on
With a company and a name
It may read a little different
Inside I’m still the same
It’s just what I do
It ain’t hard to understand
You can change the tools
But you can’t change the working man
Whatever it takes
It just does
Living on a dream
In a cloud of dust
Riding out is just what I do
Wish I could stay, to tell the truth
It may seem cold but when I get old
You’ll know I made a stand
You can change the tools
But you can’t change the working man
Whatever it takes, it just does
Living on a dream
In a cloud of dust
Riding out is just what I do
Wish I could stay, to tell the truth
It may seem cold, when I get old
You’ll know I made a stand
You can change the tools
But you can’t change the working man
You can change the tools
But you can’t change the working man
You can put me on a rig
You can put me on a freight dock
Put a hammer in my hand
I’ll give it all I’ve got
I woke up in the same clothes I was in last night
I’ve done it again
Pounding eyes and bloodshot eyes about to light
That morning cigarette
I’ve seen the bottom of a whiskey bottle
More times than I can count
Woke up cold, the sunrise burning up my eyes
On some old stranger’s couch
Wasted
Wasted youth,
Wasted time,
And no truth in a wasted mind
Ain’t no way to go through life
Night after night
Wasted
I can’t get back the time I’ve had,
Can’t make amends, rewrite the past
I’ve change my ways ‘fore it’s too late
So one day I don’t see my savior’s face
Wasted
Wasted youth,
Wasted time,
And no truth in a wasted mind
Ain’t no way to go through life
Night after night
Wasted
I woke up in the same clothes I was in last night,
I’ve done it again
I haven’t read your letters for a while
So I woke up and read through some this morning
I haven’t called that’s just my style
The need for you it hits without warning
I know it’s me to blame
You reach out and I just pulled away
You know that I won’t stay
And you just let me go
And I run back to you to find my way
Always running back to you
When I leave, I’m on my feet
Coming back, I’m crawling on my knees
Always running back to you
I can’t stay gone for too long
I think I can but I’m not that strong
A couple turns I took were wrong
Running hard to get back home but it’s so stormy
All I have for you is this song
I’ll make it right with you Sunday morning
Dry soul, in need of rain
You take me and lead me through the pain
You know that I won’t stay
You just let me go on, knowing I’ll be back to find my way
Always running back to you
When I leave, I’m on my feet
Coming back, I’m crawling on my knees
Always running back you
I can’t stay gone for too long
I think I can but I’m not that strong
If I can make it from here to there
All I’ve got’s this prayer
All I’ve got’s this prayer
Always running back to you
When I leave, I’m on my feet
Coming back, I’m crawling on my knees
Always running back you
I can’t stay gone for too long
I think I can
Always running back to you
When I leave, I’m on my feet
Coming back, I’m crawling on my knees
Always running back you
I can’t stay gone for too long
I think I can but I’m not that strong
Always running back to you
I’m always running
I’m always running
Always running back to you
I’m always running
Life is tough and love’s a fight
Don’t mean you’re doing it wrong
It means you’re doing it right
So feel it all and take it in
It’s okay to lose but you play to win
You may want to take the easy way
But do your best not to be swayed
Don’t settle for the simple ride
There’s sun over the mountainside
Far beyond the great divide lies endless skies, blue and wide
Don’t be afraid to sacrifice for something worthy of your life
Don’t waste your days on dreams that don’t fill you
Find out what you love and let it kill you
Friends pass on and move away
Lovers leave and hearts will break
Falling down ain’t just for kids
A life played safe
Is a life not lived
You may want to take the easy way
But do your best not to be swayed
Don’t settle for the simple ride
There’s sun over the mountainside
Far beyond the great divide lies endless skies, blue and wide
Don’t be afraid to sacrifice for something worthy of your life
Don’t waste your days on dreams that don’t fill you
Find out what you love and let it kill you
You’ll learn more from failures and mistakes
Life’s about the choices that we make
Don’t settle for the simple ride
There’s sun over the mountainside
Far beyond the great divide lies endless skies, blue and wide
Don’t be afraid to sacrifice for something worthy of your life
Don’t waste your days on dreams that don’t fill you
Find out what you love and let it kill you
Find out what you love and let it kill you
Find out what you love
I spent my lifetime wishin’ the waitress would come around
Tellin’ jokes, shootin’ pool on the other side of town
The whistle blows at five o’clock there’s only one place I’ll be found
Down at Ernie’s icehouse liftin’ longnecks to that good old country sound
And talkin’ ’bout the good old times
Braggin’ bout how it used to be
And I’ve worn out the same old lines
Now it seems nothing’s news to me
There’s nothin’ like a steel guitar cryin’ in the night
There’s nothin’ like a sawdust floor and a good old friendly fight
I’d finally find my way back home and you’d patch up my face
But that was another time and another place
Now we’re talkin’ ’bout the good old times
Braggin’ bout how it used to be
I’ve worn out the same old lines
Now it seems nothing’s news to me
I wonder how I came to be the know-it-all I am
And how the world ever got used to me
Talkin’ ’bout the good old times
Braggin’ bout how it used to be
But I’ve worn out the same old lines
Now it seems nothing’s news to me
I’ve been high
I’ve been low
I’ve been wound up tighter than a hangman’s rope
I broke hearts
I’ve been burned
Taught a lot of lessons but I never learned
I’ve been good
I’ve been bad
Been the best worst friend that you’ve ever had
I’ve been right
I’ve been wrong
I’m a walkin’ talkin’ livin’ breathin’ country song
Money can’t buy more than it can
When you ain’t got nothing but something to prove
The price is high for not giving a damn
But when you don’t you ain’t got nothing to lose
It ain’t hard to be a fool like me
All it cost me was everything
I get loose
I get loud
Give a lot of people shit to talk about
I get mad
I get mean
I’m a fire tongued devil with a belly full of gasoline
Money can’t buy more than it can
When you ain’t got nothing but something to prove
The price is high for not giving a damn
But when you don’t you ain’t got nothing to lose
It ain’t hard to be a fool like me
All it cost me was everything
Everything
Money can’t buy more than it can
When you ain’t got nothing but something to prove
The price is high for not giving a damn
But when you don’t you ain’t got nothing to lose
It ain’t hard to be a fool like me
No It ain’t hard to be a fool like me
All it cost me was everything
Cost me everything
I hear them talking under their breath
Their lips don’t move but I know what they said
I see them looking me up and down
Hiding their smiles like I’m some kind of clown
They don’t know what you don’t know
I’m gonna hurt you as much as I can
And watch you cry and die where you stand
I want to hear your tears hit the floor
I’m gonna hurt you
And hurt you some more
I felt the air sucked out of the room
What the hell did you get into
They just assume that I must be blind
Man I wish they could read my mind
Cause they don’t know what you don’t know
I’m gonna walk right up to your friends
I’m gonna tell them about the mess you’re in
You’re gonna watch their jaws hit the floor
I’m gonna hurt you
And hurt you some more
I’m gonna hurt you like you’ve never hurt
I’m gonna drive your name in the dirt
You won the battle but I win the war
I’m gonna hurt you and hurt you
I’m gonna hurt you as much as I can
And watch you cry and die where you stand
I want to hear your tears hit the floor
I’m gonna hurt you
And hurt you some more
I’m gonna hurt you
And hurt you some more
Strong liquor and an empty glass
And three weeks that kicked my ass
This runnin’ ragged sure is hell on me
I’m nine miles a minute and I’m head-long in it
And she knows she’s in up to her knees
And she’s patient when she’s had enough
That’s how she shows me love
And she gives me more than she gets from me
Sometimes the whole thing gets me down
It takes more than love to turn around
I have mercy when I need it
That’s one thing I’ll always need
And she knows it
And lord she shows it
She gives me every reason to believe
I have mercy when I need it
And that’s one thing I always need
And she knows it
And lord she shows it
She gives me every reason to believe
And she knows it
And lord she shows it
She gives me every reason to believe
Strong liquor and an empty glass
Three weeks that kicked my ass
This runnin’ ragged sure is hell on me
There’s a fire deep inside of my lady that burns just for me
She struck a match on a heart full of gasoline
Sometimes it burns like a candle
Sometimes it’s out of control
Like on nights when it rains
And she’s pouring champagne
And she calls out my name in the dark
Passionate light and with eyes full of lightening we light up the night with a spark
Feeding the flames of the heart
There’s been loves in the past went from embers to ashes to cold
In the blaze of the dawn we stay going strong in the glow
Sometimes it burns like a candle
Sometimes it’s out of control
Like on nights when it rains
And she’s pouring champagne
And she calls out my name in the dark
Passionate light and with eyes full of lightening we light up the night with a spark
Feeding the flames of the heart
Sometimes it burns like a candle
Sometimes it’s out of control
I love nights when it rains
And she’s pouring champagne
And she calls out my name in the dark
Passionate light and with eyes full of lightening we light up the night with a spark
Feeding the flames
Feeding the flames of the heart
Feeding the flames of the heart
I could conjure up so many times
From the good old days when she was mine
I could reminisce on the crazy nights
When I held her close, but I always cry
No I don’t trust my memories anymore
They ain’t the friends I thought they were before
They used to be so fond
Now my faith in them is gone
No I don’t trust my memories anymore
Got a thousand scars all across my back
This wounded heart just can’t get past
When I see you now in a perfect dream
I wake myself before it turns on me
No I don’t trust my memories anymore
They ain’t the friends I thought they were before
They used to be so fond
Now my faith in them is gone
No I don’t trust my memories anymore
No I don’t trust my memories anymore
They ain’t the friends I thought they were before
They used to be so fond
Now my faith in them is gone
I I don’t trust my memories anymore
They used to be so fond
Now my faith in them is gone
I I don’t trust my memories anymore
Well I prayed for peaceful waters
But the storms already came
So let it rain
Let it rain
When the going gets a little harder
Don’t throw it all away
Even though they’re moving slow
The winds of change are gonna blow like a hurricane
When you’re coming from the bottom you don’t feel like number one
They’ll be days that seem impossible until you get’em done
I’ve been running to the things I thought I was running from
But I’ll run until the day my breath is taken from my lungs
Well I prayed for peaceful waters
But the storms already came
So let it rain
Let it rain
When the going gets a little harder
Don’t throw it all away
Even though they’re moving slow
The winds of change are gonna blow like a hurricane
When you’ve made it to the top you don’t feel like number one
You can’t stop because they count on you to be what you’ve become
It’s not an option but to run at things you should be running from
Cause you’ve gotten what you wanted now you’ve got to get it done
Well I prayed for peaceful waters
But the storms already came
So let it rain
Let it rain
When the going gets a little harder
Don’t throw it all away
Even though they’re moving slow
The winds of change are gonna blow like a hurricane
Well I prayed for peaceful waters
But the storms already came
So let it rain
Let it rain
When the going gets a little harder
Don’t throw it all away
Even though they’re moving slow
The winds of change are gonna blow like a hurricane
Well they said we’d never make it
And they just wonder how it works alright
Yeah time does tell a story
And time does fly
We’re just fine alright
You need to know that she still drives me crazy
In every good way, yeah
Ain’t nobody else on earth gets to me
The way she moves me
Yeah yeah
Well love said that we’d make it
They still wonder how it works alright
Yeah time will tell our story
And time does fly
And we’re still fine alright
You need to know she still drives me crazy
In every good way, yeah
Ain’t nobody else on earth gets to me
The way she moves me
Yeah yeah
And even though she still drives me crazy
In every good way, yeah
Ain’t nobody else on earth gets to me
The way she moves me
Yeah yeah
Chasing our tails
And calling it hell
And running ‘cause running it’s free
While they’re filling our heads
With tin penny dread
Of whatever they want us to see
But we’re here for the show
We already know that it ends like some old tragedy
I’ve got my ear to the ground, there’s signs all around
Nobody knows how to read
Agendas are sold to the masses
A train wreck, a car crash is all that they show
As soon as we’re cut into classes
They shake up the bottle and watch it explode
Time never changes
And don’t stay the same like the motives of man seem to do
We can bitch we can moan
But that ships long gone
And it ain’t sailing back round too soon
Are you enjoying the show
You already know that it ends like some old tragedy
So keep your ear to the ground, there’s signs all around
Nobody knows how to read
Agendas are sold to the masses
A train wreck, a car crash is all that they show
As soon as we’re cut into classes
They shake up the bottle and watch it explode
Workin down my third cup of coffee
Waiting on the grey to burn away
Seems the world outside my window is getting colder
Pray for my shoulders
I finally just stopped turning on the TV
All it ever does is bring me down
Til this old wicked world starts turning slower
Pray for my shoulders
Heaven only knows
How time can take its toll
Lay burdens on a soul along the way
The weight can hang so heavy
It gets harder standing steady
And holding on gets tougher everyday
So tonight when you get on your knees won’t you pray
For my shoulders
Heaven only knows
How time can take its toll
Lay burdens on a soul along the way
Yeah the weight can hang so heavy
It gets harder standing steady
And holding on gets tougher everyday
So tonight when you get on your knees won’t you pray
Yeah tonight when you get on your knees won’t you pray
Working down my third cup of coffee
Waiting on the grey to burn away
There ain’t nothing worse than losing somebody
Love is such a precious thing to find
And I’m the first to admit, it might kill me
If I wasn’t so damn stubborn all the time
Yeah I know life ain’t easy
Man believe me I lose more than I win
Just gotta roll with the flow and the punches
You might get hit
You’re gonna get back up again
Hard times like to hit when you ain’t ready
You can’t see them coming when you’re looking the other way
Everybody’s out there fighting something
We all get the blues when we’ve still got dues to pay
So just know life ain’t easy
Man believe me you’re gonna lose more than you win
Just gotta roll with the flow and the punches
You might get hit
You’re gonna get back up again
Yeah I know life ain’t easy
Man believe me I lose more than I win
Just gotta roll with the flow and the punches
You might get hit
You’re gonna get back up again
You might get hit
You’re gonna get back up again
Well it’s closing time, I’m down to my last dime
You can bet your ass I’m in a world of trouble
If I’d a stuck with beer, I’d been out of here
But the man in the bar room mirror is still drowning doubles
When the hard stuff hits my veins
I’m a puppet on a string
That old 90 proof just won’t let me stop
Drop a needle on that old jukebox
I’ll be a fool on a stool but it ain’t my fault
That’s what happens when whiskey whiskey calls the shots
When the morning comes, my old lady son
Gonna come undone loud and clear
But it’ll happen again cause every now and then
My old low down no good friend gets in my ear
When the hard stuff hits my veins
I’m a puppet on a string
That old 90 proof just won’t let me stop
Drop a needle on that old jukebox
I’ll be a fool on a stool but it ain’t my fault
That’s what happens when whiskey whiskey calls the shots
That’s what happens when whiskey whiskey calls the shots
Yeah I do
That’s what happens when whiskey whiskey calls the shots
Let’s go one more time
That’s what happens when whiskey calls the shots
I can do this all day
That’s what happens when whiskey calls the shots
I got a half a six pack of Old Milwaukee
And a half a bag of weed
I can’t do it like I did when I was a kid
This is all I’m going to need
Because I know you always worry about me drinking my dinner
But I don’t do that anymore
I got me a sweet girl at home
She’s keeping food on the table
And at night she keeps me warm
So I’ve got me this piece of paper
And I got my favorite pen
I know it’s been a little while
And talking’s not my style
So I just had to write my friend
Hey I’m doing alright Mamma
I’m ok, I know your late night talks with Jesus
Have helped me on my way
I know it wasn’t always easy
Raising my father’s son
And your son will be alright
If the shows keep comin’
This old guitar and me are still strummin’
I know you always knew I always took it way too far
But I’m doing alright now Mamma
I’m doing alright now Mamma
I’m doing alright now Mamma
I’m doing ok
You remember the time when I was stuck in L.A.
And I didn’t have a job
And I didn’t have a way to pay the bills that I racked up
Yeah, you kept me from losing my truck
Yeah, I’m a little better off now
Than I was then
But it’s sure nice to see you calling me when
I’m out there on the road
Yeah, you calling to say have a good show
Hey I’m doing alright Mamma
I’m ok, I know your late night talks with Jesus
Have helped me on my way
I know it wasn’t always easy
Raising my father’s son
And your son will be alright
If the shows keep comin’
This old guitar and me are still strummin’
I know you always knew I always took it way too far
But I’m doing alright now Mamma
I’m doing alright now Mamma
I’m doing alright now Mamma
I’m doing ok
California’s still on fire
And it don’t rain no more in Texas
There’s a few less ice caps way up north of here
Mother Russia stays pissed-off
Yeah, she’s got some big old bombs
Still throwin’ around her weight after all these years
And the price of gasoline is enough to make you scream
Yeah, the cost of livin’ goes up and the pay goes down
I don’t care what’s right or left, y’all
I’m just out here with the rest
In the middle class, that still means broke to me
What else is new? I’m tellin’ you
I’m tellin’ what the blue collar man is goin’ thru
We don’t let no bad news hang around
It’s the same old situation
All the problems facin’ our great nation
So to hell to all those bringin’ that bad news down
And the politicians will never know
How to let their egos go
No, they could not give two damns ’bout you and me
Yeah, but they still got their pensions
With some tactics they’d rather not mention
That’s the price we pay for them livin’ free
What else is new? I’m tellin’ you
All the trouble a blue collar man is goin’ thru
We don’t let no bad news hang around
It’s the same old situation
All the problems facin’ our great nation
So to hell to all those bringin’ that bad news down
What else is new? I’m tellin’ you
All the trouble a blue collar man is goin thru
We don’t let no bad news hang around
It’s the same old situation
All the problems facin’ our great nation
So to hell to all those bringin’ that bad news down
All to hell with all those bringin’ that bad news down
All to hell with all those bringin’ that bad news down
I cast no stones
I build no walls
And I tell the truth
The truth comes to call
And I try to walk
That narrow way
Sometimes I go over the lines
And I won’t make it back till the next day
But I cast no stones
What gives you the right
To tell me my business
Good God man your out of your mind
So put up your Bible
Or let me get mine
I’m not draggin’ the whole world to hell
You’re wasting my time
I don’t talk with Jesus
As much as I should
I don’t read that good book
Everyday like I could
But I like to stop
At the end of the day
I pray that I hurt nobody
And somebody new found their way
But I cast no stones
What gives you the right
To tell me my business
Good God man your out of your mind
So put up your Bible
Or let me get mine
I’m not draggin’ the whole world to hell
You’re wasting my time
But I cast no stones
What gives you the right
To tell me my business
Good God man your out of your mind
So put up your Bible
Or let me get mine
I’m not draggin’ the whole world to hell
You’re wasting my time
Say a prayer for me brother
And I’ll see you on down the line
I’ve been gone for way too long
And I’ve been working way too hard
And I know, it’s taking it’s toll on you
But tonight I’ll make things right
By the fire with some candlelight
And I’ll tell you
What we’re gonna do
We’re not going out
We’re gonna stay right here at home
There won’t be anyone in the world
When we’re all alone
We’re gonna
Lay the worries back and love until we’re back on track
If you’ll just give me this chance
Move the couch, lock the door, socks move well on a hardwood floor
And we’re gonna dance
We’re gonna dance
The rush of life can get you down
If you let it, it runs you to the ground
But that’s just life
We’re not going out, we’re gonna stay right here at home
There won’t be anyone in the world
When we’re all alone
We’re gonna
Lay the worries back and love until we’re back on track
If you’ll just give me this chance
Move the couch, lock the door, socks move well on a hardwood floor
And we’re gonna dance
We’re gonna dance
Tell me old man, where have you been
I’ve been reading those stories, about chasing the wind
I guess I’ve come back with one or two
I’ve never really quite known what to do
Tell me old man, what are you looking for
Has it been worth all you’ve given and so much more
Sometimes the things we seek skew the point
Sometimes the whole damn world seems out of joint
And it makes me wonder
And it makes me want to live
So I’ll steal freedom while there’s still some
And take the whole world in
If I could only leave my worries with the birds of the wind
And I know one day there’ll be solace
So I’ll just live ‘til then
If I could only leave my worries with the birds of the wind
Old man I know you’ve had questions too
The same ones we’ve been askin’ of you
You just roll on back out of sight
Stealin’ away again, like a child in the night
Still full of wonder
And you still want to live
You steal freedom while there’s still some
And take the whole world in
You’ve learned to leave your worries with the birds of the wind
And you know one day there’ll be solace
So you’ll just live ‘til then
And you learn to leave your worries with the birds of the wind
If I could only leave my worries with the birds of the wind
Loud thunder heavy rain
Thin line between joy and pain
It’s a long strange trip it’s all insane
You ain’t never gonna be the same
Living life through the night
Thin line of a lightning strike
Sometimes the only light
When the moon is tucked away
Pistons pumpin’
Minds are racin’
It’s hard to sleep man
When I’m shakin’
Bad news surrounds me
Its always found me
Creeping up when things are good
Yeah the dark days find a way
Loud thunder heavy rain
Thin line between joy and pain
It’s a long strange trip it’s all insane
You ain’t never gonna be the same
Living life through the night
Thin line of a lightning strike
Sometimes the only light
When the moon is tucked away
The camera captures
All the things that
Make us turn from
What we see
It’s always moving
It don’t stop rolling
I haven’t slept in three damn days
Yeah, but who needs that anyway
Loud thunder heavy rain
Thin line between joy and pain
It’s a long strange trip it’s all insane
You ain’t never gonna be the same
Living life through the night
Thin line of a lightning strike
Sometimes the only light
When the moon is tucked away
Loud thunder heavy rain
Thin line between joy and pain
It’s a long strange trip it’s all insane
You ain’t never gonna be the same
Living life through the night
Thin line of a lightning strike
Sometimes the only light
When the moon is tucked away
Loud thunder heavy rain
Loud thunder heavy rain
Thin line between joy and pain
A long strange trip it’s all insane
You ain’t never gonna be the same
Loud thunder heavy rain
Loud thunder heavy rain
My friend David, was a good kid
He had my back, always knew he did
He was different than most
And maybe I was too
Hanging out with the in-crowd just wasn’t our thing
There was a whole lot more
Than we could see on these plains
Well, some people just seem to get stuck, and hang around
It’s college or trade school for those with the means
There’s never been any small town for those in between
Yeah the poor folks they go to work, or they go to war
I did fifteen hundreds days in the corps
And I got back, nothing looked the same anymore
I got on with the local police, it just seemed to fit
Things have changed
By then David had a daughter and a son
And a rap sheet to prove all the time that he’d done
He was just a burned out beat down shell of my old friend
And on a three day binge he was speeding through town
And I bumped the wailers just to try and slow him down
He didn’t know that it was me, and he took off
Oh how things change
And I found his truck in the floodplain upside down
It was a hell of a rain I don’t know if he’d drowned
Or if he died on impact, it must have rolled three times
Yeah, the only thing to make matters worse
Is that his mama’s a late night ER nurse
And he was DOA, she just about lost her mind
David’s wife drops by every once in a while
And childhood stories always make her smile
But somehow we always go back to that day
And I found his truck in the floodplain upside down
It was a hell of a rain, I don’t know if he’d drowned
Or if he died on impact, it must have rolled three times
Yeah, the only thing to make matters worse
Is that his mama’s a late night ER nurse
And he was DOA, she just about lost her mind
Ain’t it the times
You’re thinking of leavin’ tonight
Go on and go
If you’re sure it’s the right thing to do
You know I was never the kind for draggin’ things out
And I thought neither were you
It hurts me to see you unhappy, and it hurts me to know
It’s me that’s made you that way
So maybe it’s me that should go
So you don’t go on hatin’
Us both for just one more day
Out on the line walkin’ the tightrope
It ain’t always easy
But I’ve always been true
You don’t have to tell me
If you’d done any different
God only knows it’s how this one goes
Is it me or you
If I may just leave you one question
What took so long
What’s kept you around all this time
If I’d known somethin’ was wrong
I might could’a changed things
it’s too late and it seems that I’m blind
I’ve been so wrong for so long
With no way of knowing, what for
At least I’d have tried if I’d known
But it don’t matter, anymore
Out on the line walkin’ the tightrope
It ain’t always easy
But I’ve always been true
You don’t have to tell me
If you’d done any different
God only knows it’s how this one goes
Is it me or you
God only knows it’s how this one goes
Is it me or you?
Some folks like to look, they like to point
They like to push, they like to shove
Some folks like to talk about the things they have
The things they love
But things are that, just things, and I don’t give a damn
I must seem trite
I’m not that old, I’m not too young
I’m not too smart, I sure ain’t dumb
I walked around and round and round, most every place
I’ve been found and all I’ve found
Is most places usually seem the same to me
And I talk to people off the street, my line of work
I tend to meet the kind of folk that seem like-minded
Those of us just trying to find our way
So let’s just meet up at some place
We can sort it out
And I talk with people off the street, my line of work
I tend to meet the kind of folk that seem like-minded
Those of us just trying to find our way
So let’s just meet up at some place
We can sort it out
This God-forsaken world, it chews you up and spits you out
It scuffs your shoes, it takes most everything you got
And then it tries you with the blues
But that’s alright
The blues is somethin’ proves that you still feel
Some folks like to look, they like to point
They like to push, they like to shove
Some folks like to talk about the things they have
The things they love
But things are that, just things, and I don’t give a damn
And I’m alright
It’s been a too long time with no peace of mind
I’m ready for the times to get better
I’ve got to tell you I’ve been racking my brain
Hopin’ to find a way out
I’ve had enough of this continual rain
Changes are comin’ no doubt
It’s been a too long time with no peace of mind
And I’m ready for the times to get better
You seem to want from me what I cannot give
I feel so lonesome at times
I have a dream that I wish I could live
It’s burning holes in my mind
It’s been a too long time with no peace of mind
And I’m ready for the times to get better
It’s been a too long time with no peace of mind
And I’m ready for the times to get better
Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
It’s been a too long time with no peace of mind
I’m ready for the times to get better
It’s been a too long time with no peace of mind
I’m ready for the times to get better
Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
I remember that summer
I was ten years old
When our days, ceased to shine
No, you could not take a breath
When those black blizzards came
Strippin’ land, in dire need of rain
There was dirt on the floor
As mama swept all day long
Leavin’ trails of tears and mud down her face
There was dirt in our beds
And there was dirt in our clothes
And there was dirt, in the little that we ate
We had heard about the market’s fall
A couple years before
But the fields and the harvest all seemed fine
Sometimes the things that kill us
That which we don’t know
That strip the land of everything but pride
Stay close together
That’s all we knew to get by
I recall a helpless feelin’
First time that I saw my father cry
Lookin’ back on everything we had, on everything we lost
Still makes me wonder, was stayin’ worth the cost
Alot of town folk up and left
They boarded up the schools and banks and the churches
And that to me, was wrong
Come next year it would be better
Will the last one standin’ tall before the walls
Show the most resolve
They announced the New Deal
With the Conservation Act and then the Relief Fund
But we were on our knees
There was little hope by then
So we just stood there in that line
And we thanked the man for that little bit of cheese
Stay close together
That’s all we knew to get by
And I recall a helpless feelin’
The first time that I saw my father cry
Lookin’ back on everything we had, on everything we lost
Still makes me wonder, was stayin’ worth the cost?
I don’t wanna rock and roll no more
At least not the way I did, back before
That life tried to kill me
To tell the truth it never thrilled me
I don’t wanna rock and roll no more
I don’t wanna rock and roll
I don’t need that whiskey anymore
Least not the way I did back before
That stuff tried to kill me
To tell the truth it never thrilled me
I don’t want that whiskey anymore
I don’t need that whiskey
I don’t mean to disappoint you
But there’s chance I’m going to
Some people only like me when I’m stoned
Yeah the crowd was a whole lot bigger
But I just can’t remember
I don’t need that whiskey anymore
I don’t need that whiskey
I don’t wanna miss you anymore
I just want you right here in my arms
This ol’ life still trying to kill me
You’re the only thing that’s filled me
I don’t wanna miss you anymore
I don’t wanna miss you
And I don’t mean to disappoint you
But you know I’m goin to
Sometimes I’d lay it all down and come back home
Yeah, the crowd was a whole lot bigger
When you were right there in the center
I don’t wanna miss you anymore
I don’t need that whiskey anymore
I don’t wanna rock and roll
No I’m not goin’ crazy, but lately my head and my heart
Seem to be at least a million miles apart
My heart says to love ya, my head says to run
It’s like my heart is too afraid to tell my head what it’s done
I know that it can never be the way it was
Even though you’ll be the death of me I can’t give you up
Too much is not enough; it’s not the love, it’s not the lust that grips me
It must be the whiskey
I’ve been drinkin’ to remember and drinkin’ to forget
I got “I love you” on my mind, I got Jim Beam on my breath
And loneliness has got the rest, I’ve got nothin’ left within me
It must be the whiskey
Oh I’m not goin’ crazy, but lately these thoughts in my head
Are a whirlwind of a world of a million regrets
All the things I should’ve done, all the things I should’ve said
All the pain that comes with hatin’ the mess you’ve made of yourself
I know I’m chasin’ rainbows thinkin’ I could make it work
But the fact is that my actions speak louder than my words
And it only makes it worse thinkin’ of her, thinkin’ she’ll forgive me
It must be the whiskey
I’ve been drinkin’ to remember and drinkin’ to forget
I got “I love you” on my mind, I got Jim Beam on my breath
And loneliness has got the rest, I’ve got nothin’ left within me
It must be the whiskey
I’ve been drinkin’ to remember and drinkin’ to forget
I got “I love you” on my mind, I got Jim Beam on my breath
And loneliness has got the rest, I’ve got nothin’ left within me
Sometimes it hits me whenever I’m a little tipsy
Oh, it hits me whenever I’m a little tipsy
It must be the whiskey
It must be the whiskey
It must be the whiskey
It’s that whiskey
It must be the whiskey
I got a half a six pack of Old Milwaukee
And a half a bag of weed
I can’t do it like I did when I was a kid
This is all I’m going to need
Because I know you always worry about me drinking my dinner
But I don’t do that anymore
I got me a sweet girl at home
She’s keeping food on the table
And at night she keeps me warm
So I’ve got me this piece of paper
And I got my favorite pen
I know it’s been a little while
And talking’s not my style
So I just had to write my friend
Hey I’m doing alright Mamma
I’m ok, I know your late night talks with Jesus
Have helped me on my way
I know it wasn’t always easy
Raising my father’s son
And your son will be alright
If the shows keep comin’
This old guitar and me are still strummin’
I know you always knew I always took it way too far
But I’m doing alright now Mamma
I’m doing alright now Mamma
I’m doing alright now Mamma
I’m doing ok
You remember the time when I was stuck in L.A.
And I didn’t have a job
And I didn’t have a way to pay the bills that I racked up
Yeah, you kept me from losing my truck
Yeah, I’m a little better off now
Than I was then
But it’s sure nice to see you calling me when
I’m out there on the road
Yeah, you calling to say have a good show
Hey I’m doing alright Mamma
I’m ok, I know your late night talks with Jesus
Have helped me on my way
I know it wasn’t always easy
Raising my father’s son
And your son will be alright
If the shows keep comin’
This old guitar and me are still strummin’
I know you always knew I always took it way too far
But I’m doing alright now Mamma
I’m doing alright now Mamma
I’m doing alright now Mamma
I’m doing ok
My friend David, was a good kid
He had my back, always knew he did
He was different than most
And maybe I was too
Hanging out with the in-crowd just wasn’t our thing
There was a whole lot more
Than we could see on these plains
Well, some people just seem to get stuck, and hang around
It’s college or trade school for those with the means
There’s never been any small town for those in between
Yeah the poor folks they go to work, or they go to war
I did fifteen hundreds days in the corps
And I got back, nothing looked the same anymore
I got on with the local police, it just seemed to fit
Things have changed
By then David had a daughter and a son
And a rap sheet to prove all the time that he’d done
He was just a burned out beat down shell of my old friend
And on a three day binge he was speeding through town
And I bumped the wailers just to try and slow him down
He didn’t know that it was me, and he took off
Oh how things change
And I found his truck in the floodplain upside down
It was a hell of a rain I don’t know if he’d drowned
Or if he died on impact, it must have rolled three times
Yeah, the only thing to make matters worse
Is that his mama’s a late night ER nurse
And he was DOA, she just about lost her mind
David’s wife drops by every once in a while
And childhood stories always make her smile
But somehow we always go back to that day
And I found his truck in the floodplain upside down
It was a hell of a rain, I don’t know if he’d drowned
Or if he died on impact, it must have rolled three times
Yeah, the only thing to make matters worse
Is that his mama’s a late night ER nurse
And he was DOA, she just about lost her mind
Ain’t it the times
Where does time go, It’s gone away
Time was on my side, yesterday
So much can change, between then and now
Where does time go
Where do dreams die, along the way
Dreams are all we had, yesterday
Who told all the vampires of the world
They were welcome anyway
Where do dreams die
Who gave who the message
Who gave who the hands of time
Who gave who the job to take, reason and the rhyme
Like another Holden Caulfield
I’m a Catcher in the Rye
Who told who to take the dreams out back to die
Who told who to take the dreams out back to die
Who gave who the message
Who gave who the hands of time
Who gave who the job to take, reason and the rhyme
Like another Holden Caulfield
I’m a Catcher in the Rye
Who told who to take the dreams out back to die
Who told who to take the dreams out back to die
Who gave who the message
Who gave who the hands of time
Who gave who the message
Who gave who the hands of time
Who told all the vampires of the world
They were welcome anyway
My whole view of the word has changed
I guess that comes with age
I don’t believe there’s good in every man
Like I did back then
I may drink more than I should
You’ve seen me on the floor
Spend my lifetime in this cage, I built around me
Bangin’ on the doors
And no words
Could ever say how much I need you
With you here
You make this life I lead worth living
Heaven knows I broke your heart
I can’t take that away
All I’m worth is just this promise that I’ve made to you
To stand beside you just like you have stood beside me
And no words
Could ever say how much I need you
With you here
You make this life I lead worth living
You could be much better off
God knows without me
And that’s why
I just can’t find the words
You could be much better off
God knows without me
And that’s why
I just can’t find the words
I don’t run from guilt you see my conscience lets me know at least a thousand times or better every day
Things I’ve done mistakes I’ve made, raised feelings I’ll lay in some grave if ever I am finally laid to rest
If there’s time to pray before I die, I pray dear Lord you know that I was a righteous man that somehow lost his way
Face me down when I shall pass so the world can kiss my ass and Hell can’t come and get me from behind
I’ve danced in the flames and I’ve been burned
I’ve walked on the harder side of life, I’ve takin’ all the wrong turns
I’ve been around
I’ve been down
And I’ve been wasted
I fight with myself
sometimes I lose
I got me an angel on my shoulder, but I’ve got the devil too, I get down
I get around and I get wasted
Twenty-seven years along I’ve tried to make them right all wrong and I’ve nearly died a few times on my way
Well I’ve seen the face of God first hand and I’ve danced with the devil man, I’ve needed help and grab for both of their hands
I’ve danced in the flames and I’ve been burned
I’ve walked on the harder side of life, I’ve takin’ all the wrong turns
I’ve been around
I’ve been down
And I’ve been wasted
I fight with myself, sometimes I lose
I got me an angel on my shoulder, but I’ve got the devil too, I get down
I get around and I get wasted
I fight with myself
Sometimes I lose
I got me an angel on my shoulder, but I’ve got the devil too
I get down I get around and I get wasted
I don’t run from guilt you see my conscience lets me know at least a thousand times or better every day
Daddy must’ve told her when she was sixteen
Don’t settle for a poor man’s diamond ring
Take a lesson from your mama, girl, it ain’t no shame
To find a man with some money and a big last name
She wore that crown at the Rose Parade
All them boys starin’ at her thinkin’ maybe someday
All their credit put together couldn’t get her to the game
She wants a man with some money and a big last name
She’s had the pick of the litter since the day she was born
Ain’t nothin’ good enough in this town
She’s a product of her mama, she gets what she wants
Ain’t layin’ that silver spoon down
She wants to be in a picture in a gold-leaf frame
With a man with some money and a big last name
She’s had the pick of the litter since the day she was born
Ain’t nothin’ good enough in this town
She’s a product of her mama, she gets what she wants
Ain’t layin’ that silver spoon down
She wants to be in a picture in a gold-leaf frame
With a man with some money and a big last name
Man with some money and a big last name
Well she met a rich banker down in San Antone
He had a pre-nup ready for her name to be on
The she came home early to a pretty young thing
In bed with some money and a big last name
In bed with some money and a big last name
In bed with some money and a big last name
I know it’s hard to find the words so often standin’ face-to-face
Sometimes it takes a thin white sheet to put things into place
Things that I could never say come floodin’ out somehow upon these lines
I’m still fightin’ the same battles I’ve been fightin’ all these years
A dreamer is not a dreamer unless you’re livin’ with a fear
What they say will be forgotten, all that’s done will be for naught
And why
And it’s been a long time, Lord, since I sat down and had a cry
It’s sometimes overwhelmin’ and I can’t tell ya why
But I remember Jackson singin’ “Doctor, doctor, please
My eyes
And my heroes, they’re all dyin’ or they’re sittin’ in a cell
Due to years of medicatin’ minds that hurt so well
There’s a thin line, don’t you see, between genius and insanity
Which am I
One thing that scares the hell in me is livin’ with mortality
And worryin’ that I’m insane talkin’ to a God unseen
Must surely make me crazy, so crazy’s what I’ll be
‘Til I’m gone
‘Til I’m gone
And I’ll scream out to the sun and to the moon and to the stars
I’ll scream until my voice finds you, no matter where you are
I’ll scream until I’ve got no breath and all that’s left to take is death
And I’m done
When I’m done
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh
Couldn’t have ever dawned on me
All the things that I would be I
I never really looked out quite that far
It’s never been a simple thing
To see the world with a young man’s brain, with
An old man’s heart, restless soul
Yeah, my family went broke in my eighteenth year
Dad took a job many miles from here that
That was alright by me I was on my own
I had a band, found a job, life was alright
I worked when I had to, we played all the time, only
Got through that first year of college, alright
But I learned more on the freight docks
Driving forklifts on the 3 o’clock
AM shift In the winter time, man it got cold
Selling guitars on the west coast
Going hungry, chasin’ ghost around and around we would go
And I saw it all tendin’ bar at night
Treatin’ saints and sinners right
It’s a good thing to do all the time
You never know who you’re talkin’ to
But always know who’s watching you
Keep your feet movin’ straight down the line
I’ve known a lot of real good men
Grad school or no school
I’ve called em’ my friends, I’m
I’m Somewhere in the Middle and that’s just fine
No, I don’t give a damn how much money you make
If your last shirt has pockets, take all you can take, I’m
I’m goin’ out with nothin’ like I came in
Cause I learned more on the freight docks
Driving forklifts on the 3 o’clock
AM shift In the winter time, man it got cold
Selling guitars on the west coast
Going hungry, chasin’ ghost around and around we would go
And I saw it all tendin’ bar at night
Treatin’ saints and sinners right
It’s a good thing, to do all the time
You never know who you’re talkin’ to
But always know who’s watching you
Keep your feet movin’ straight down the line
But I learned more on the freight docks
Driving forklifts on the 3 o’clock
AM shift In the winter time, man it got cold
Selling guitars on the west coast
Going hungry, chasin’ ghost around and around we would go
And I saw it all tendin’ bar at night
Treatin’ saints and sinners right
It’s a good thing to do all the time
You never know who you’re talkin’ to
But always know who’s watching you
Keep your feet movin’ straight down the line
Somewhere in the middle and that’s just fine
Somewhere in the middle and that’s just fine
I’ve played every honky tonk and roadside bar and juke joint
Between here and Minneapolis
You know I’ve lived these miles
There’s a Haggard man behind these eyes and smile
I picked up the guitar ’round the time I turned fourteen
Lit that fire, been burnin’ tires, hard booze, both ends and gasoline
Stayin’ wired
Come back down the best that we know how
We know now
We’re all tryin’ to quit smokin’
Tired of laughin’, tired of jokin’
‘Bout the habits we all have slowly creepin’ up
We all gotta die from somethin’
Livin’ kills you, life is tough
But I can’t quit ’cause I can’t quit enough
I’ve felt all the pressures playin’ to an empty room
And the pleasures of a crowd that’s singin’ loud to every word to all my songs
But the band and me, Lord, keep rollin’ on
We roll on
We’re all tryin’ to quit smokin’
Tired of laughin’, tired of jokin’
‘Bout the habits we all have slowly creepin’ up
We all gotta die from somethin’
Livin’ kills you, life is tough
But I can’t quit ’cause I can’t quit enough
We’re all tryin’ to quit smokin’
Tired of laughin’, tired of jokin’
‘Bout the habits we all have slowly creepin’ up
We all gotta die from somethin’
Livin’ kills you, life is tough
But I can’t quit cause I can’t quit enough
I’ll never quit cause I can’t quit enough
I’m not the devil you think that I am
It ain’t no excuse, but I’m just a man
I slipped and I fell, it got outta hand
But I’m not the devil you think that I am
It wasn’t no gun, held to my head
I got caught up believing, in lies that were said
In a moment of weakness
I stumbled and I made my bed
I’m not the devil you think that I am
It ain’t no excuse, but I’m just a man
I slipped and I fell, it got outta hand
But I’m not the devil you think that I am
There’s 10,000 reasons
For you not to stay
And no one would blame you
If you want it that way
It might take some time
But I’ll show, you that I’m worth the wait
I’m not the devil you think that I am
It ain’t no excuse, but I’m just a man
I slipped and I fell, it got outta hand
But I’m not the devil you think that I am
And I’ll spend forever, do all that I can
To prove I’m Not The Devil you think that I am
And I’m not the devil
I’m somewhere between I love you and I’m leavin’
Somewhere between I need you and lettin’ go
And it scares me so when I look hard I find no good reasons
I’m somewhere between I love you and I’m leavin’
Somewhere between I miss you and I’m gone
Runnin’ hard through the middle of the night, and you spend yours alone
I hold you close then I let you go, no leavin’ well-enough alone
I’m somewhere between I miss you and I’m gone
And the ties that bind, they hold my mind
No matter where I go, I’m alone
Here with you or out there tearin’ down some road
Nowhere is home
And you’re the only thing on earth that I believe in
I’m somewhere between I love you and I’m leavin’
And the ties that bind, they hold my mind
No matter where I go, I’m alone
Here with you or out there tearin’ down some road
Nowhere is home
And you’re the only thing on earth that I believe in
I can stay or I can go and not break even
I’m somewhere between I love you and I’m leavin’
I’m somewhere between I love you and I’m leavin’
Daddy won a radio,
He tuned it to a country show.
I was rockin’ in the cradle
To the cryin’ of a steel guitar.
Mama used to sing to me.
She taught me that sweet harmony.
Now she worries cause never thought
I’d ever really take it this far.
Singin’ in the bars and
Chasin’ that neon rainbow
Livin’ that honky-tonk dream,
Cause all I’ve ever wanted is to
Pick this guitar and sing.
Just tryin’ to be somebody
Just wanna be heard and seen.
A chasin’ that neon rainbow
Livin’ that honky-tonk dream.
An atlas and a coffee cup,
5 pickers in an old Dodge truck,
Headin’ down to Houston for a show
On Saturday night.
This overhead is killin’ me,
Half the time I sing for free,
But when the crowd’s in to it Lord
It makes this thing I’m doin’ seem right.
Standin’ in the spotlight.
Chasin’ that neon rainbow
I’m a livin’ that honky-tonk dream.
Cause all I’ve ever wanted is to
Pick this guitar and sing
Just tryin’ to be somebody,
That’s want to be heard and seen,
Chasin’ that neon rainbow,
Livin’ that honky-tonk dream
Daddy’s got a radio
He won it 30 years ago.
He said “Son I just know we’re gonna
Hear you sing on it some day”.
I made it up to Music Row
Lordy don’t the wheels turn slow.
Still I wouldn’t trade a minute,
I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Just show me to the stage, I’m
Chasin’ that neon rainbow,
I’m a livin’ that honky-tonk dream,
Cause all I’ve ever wanted,
Is to pick this guitar and sing.
Just tryin’ to be somebody
That’s wanna be heard and seen.
Chasin’ that neon rainbow,
Livin’ that honky-tonk dream.
Oh I’m chasin’ that neon rainbow,
Livin’ that honky-tonk dream.
California’s still on fire
And it don’t rain no more in Texas
There’s a few less ice caps way up north of here
Mother Russia stays pissed-off
Yeah, she’s got some big old bombs
Still throwin’ around her weight after all these years
And the price of gasoline is enough to make you scream
Yeah, the cost of livin’ goes up and the pay goes down
I don’t care what’s right or left, y’all
I’m just out here with the rest
In the middle class, that still means broke to me
What else is new? I’m tellin’ you
I’m tellin’ what the blue collar man is goin’ thru
We don’t let no bad news hang around
It’s the same old situation
All the problems facin’ our great nation
So to hell to all those bringin’ that bad news down
And the politicians will never know
How to let their egos go
No, they could not give two damns ’bout you and me
Yeah, but they still got their pensions
With some tactics they’d rather not mention
That’s the price we pay for them livin’ free
What else is new? I’m tellin’ you
All the trouble a blue collar man is goin’ thru
We don’t let no bad news hang around
It’s the same old situation
All the problems facin’ our great nation
So to hell to all those bringin’ that bad news down
What else is new? I’m tellin’ you
All the trouble a blue collar man is goin thru
We don’t let no bad news hang around
It’s the same old situation
All the problems facin’ our great nation
So to hell to all those bringin’ that bad news down
All to hell with all those bringin’ that bad news down
All to hell with all those bringin’ that bad news down
I’ve seen the sun for the first time
In a week or so
I wipe the sleep from my eyes
I’ve got nowhere to go
A cup of coffee in my hand
I’ve got me a smoke
There nothing doin’, I just wanna be alone
The right end of the sunrise
It sure looks nice
To see a new day taking shape
Not startin’ with no night
Well I been rollin’ along on a thin dime
And I’m happy to be home
Please forgive me, I just wanna be alone
Well I’m gonna finish this pot of coffee
And I’m gonna put me another on
Well I might grab my thread-bear Martin
And pick me out a song
I know I’ll sit right here, I’ll smoke one more
And just enjoy the dawn
I’m not angry, I just wanna be alone
Spent my lifetime runnin’ around
It suits me fine
Shakin’ hands and one night stands
That’s what gets me by
But the days gettin’ short
And the songs gettin’ long
It’s time to go
No, I’m not angry, I just wanna be alone
Well I’m gonna finish this pot of coffee
And I’m gonna put me another on
Well I might grab my thread-bear Martin
And pick me out a song
I know I’ll sit right here, I’ll smoke one more
And just enjoy the dawn
Now I’m not angry, I just wanna be alone
Please forgive me, I just wanna be alone
There’s nothin’ doin’, I just wanna be alone
I didn’t wanna shoot that man
But he heard that I was fast
You know that liquor gave him the courage
To put a man to the ground
But nobody saw
I couldn’t claim no self-defense
So I took off with the morning sun,
Running from my sins
I ended up in every town
Where all the bad men go
And they’ve been running just like me
Someone always knows
He’ll say, “Ain’t you the man who shot that boy?”
Who wanted his turn to dance
So will I die in some street that night
No never had a chance
I never meant to be a bad man
I just had a fast hand
Ain’t going to be nothing in hell
I haven’t lived through here
I’m just going to walk out
and wish you all goodnight
I never meant to be a bad man
I just had a fast hand
I ended up in Fort Worth
‘Cause no one knows me here
And time has a funny way
of taken away the years
But I don’t mind the changes
Or the age that’s in my face
Because there is a piece of my soul
In every man I’ve killed
In every God forsaken place
Never meant to be a bad man
I just had a fast hand
Ain’t going to be nothing in hell
I haven’t lived through here
I’m just going to walk out
yeah tonight I’ll save your life
I never meant to be a bad man
I just had a fast hand
I walk around on pins and needles
Around people I can’t even name
I keep on passin’ church steeples
Prayin’ that my God is still the same
I been wanderin’ like a fool too blind to see
Maybe it ain’t the bottle that I need
I need a shot of holy water
I need it to chase down my demons
And burn ’em just a little bit hotter
I’ve been havin’ drinks with the devil in this neon town
I need a shot of holy water to wash it down
Lost in a land of smoke and mirrors
I do my best to just stay clear of my yesterdays
I’ve been runnin’ so long, now I’m runnin’ from myself
Tired of runnin’ away
I’m still tryin’ to get through to the man I wanna be
Maybe I’m not so gone that I can’t see
I need a shot of holy water
I need it to chase down my demons
And burn ’em just a little bit hotter
I’ve been havin’ drinks with the devil in this neon town
I need a shot of holy water to wash it down
I need a shot of holy water
I need a shot of holy water
I need a shot of holy water
I need a shot of holy water
I need a shot of holy water
I need it to chase down my demons
And burn ’em just a little bit hotter
I’ve been havin’ drinks with the devil in this neon town
I need a shot of holy water to wash it down
(Holy, holy water)
I need a shot of holy water (holy, holy water)
I need a shot of holy water (holy, holy water)
(Holy, holy water)
(Holy, holy water)
(Holy, holy water)
(Holy, holy water)
And it’s gonna get hard, for it gets easy, I oughta know
I hear the voice of Jesus and I hear the devil talkin’
Just the same
And it seems they’re tryin’ to talk over each other
Any given day
I’ve lived the words in red so many times
By now I thought that I might see
I guess I’m sayin’ this life just ain’t the way
I thought that it might be
I been wanderin’ down the hallways
Ya’ll roads just like some kid out skippin’ school
By the time that I was seventeen
I figured I was done with all the rules
I turn 35 this year and I’m still runnin’ hard
For somethin’ I can’t see
The only thing in life that’s guaranteed
There are no guarantees
And it’s gonna get hard for it gets easy, I oughta know
It’s gonna take a lotta rain, for the seed you planted, starts to grow
The more I know, the more I know that I don’t know
I know nothin’s free
And there ain’t no guarantees
The more I know, the more I know that I don’t know
I know nothin’s free
And there ain’t no guarantees
And it’s gonna get hard for it gets easy, I oughta know
It’s gonna take a lotta rain, for the seed you planted, starts to grow
The more I know, the more I know that I don’t know
I know nothin’s free
And there ain’t no guarantees
He wakes with the chickens and the Waco sun
He’s got mouths to feed and cattle to run
Same as his daddy and his daddy done
It’s all he’s ever known
In this modern world movin’ break-neck fast
He’s a dyin’ breed, a thing of the past
He’ll be damned if he don’t hit back
If you stand in his way
When there’s nothin’ more to say
So here’s to the lifers
The struggle-and-strifers
Workin’ long after the day is done
Here’s to the throw-backs
The cowboys in old hats
The last of the great generation
It seems they still dream
She’s a renaissance girl with a fire in her soul
She’s got a pocket full of nothin’, nobody tells her no
She flew into town twenty years ago
With a guitar and a song
She’s been playin’ them rooms but she ain’t got far
Been livin’ off tips in them Broadway bars
She’s a troubadour queen but time left its mark
The scene’s passed her by
In a world that’s passed her by
So here’s to the lifers
The struggle-and-strifers
Workin’ long after the day is done
Here’s to the throw-backs
The cowboys in old hats
The last of the great generation
It seems they still dream
No they don’t give up and they don’t give in
When things don’t go their way
Yeah we’re getting’ knocked down
Yeah we’re getting’ back up
Live to die another day
So here’s to the lifers
The struggle-and-strifers
Workin’ long after the day is done
Here’s to the throw-backs
The cowboys in old hats
The last of the great generation
It seems they still dream
I cast no stones
I build no walls
And I tell the truth
The truth comes to call
And I try to walk
That narrow way
Sometimes I go over the lines
And I won’t make it back till the next day
But I cast no stones
What gives you the right
To tell me my business
Good God man your out of your mind
So put up your Bible
Or let me get mine
I’m not draggin’ the whole world to hell
You’re wasting my time
I don’t talk with Jesus
As much as I should
I don’t read that good book
Everyday like I could
But I like to stop
At the end of the day
I pray that I hurt nobody
And somebody new found their way
But I cast no stones
What gives you the right
To tell me my business
Good God man your out of your mind
So put up your Bible
Or let me get mine
I’m not draggin’ the whole world to hell
You’re wasting my time
But I cast no stones
What gives you the right
To tell me my business
Good God man your out of your mind
So put up your Bible
Or let me get mine
I’m not draggin’ the whole world to hell
You’re wasting my time
Say a prayer for me brother
And I’ll see you on down the line
Don’t think that I don’t think about Colorado
It’s about the only thing I ever do
Don’t think that I don’t think about Colorado
Don’t think I ain’t thinkin’ ’bout you
Even though our love might’ve gone down burnin’
Like the sunset on the mountains out in Vail
And our best days might have been some I’d forgotten
But our worst days I remember much too well
Don’t think that I don’t think about Colorado
It’s about the only thing I ever do
Don’t think that I don’t think about Colorado
Don’t think I ain’t thinkin’ ’bout you
I look back to when we carved our names in marble
On an aspen by the cabin where we stayed
And I wonder if that tree’s still strong and standin’
Despite the broken promises we made
Don’t think that I don’t think about Colorado
It’s about the only thing I ever do
Don’t think that I don’t think about Colorado
Don’t think I ain’t thinkin’ ’bout you
Don’t think that I don’t think about Colorado
It’s about the only thing I ever do
Don’t think that I don’t think about Colorado
Don’t think I ain’t thinkin’ ’bout you
Don’t think I ain’t thinkin’ ’bout you
Loud thunder heavy rain
Thin line between joy and pain
It’s a long strange trip it’s all insane
You ain’t never gonna be the same
Living life through the night
Thin line of a lightning strike
Sometimes the only light
When the moon is tucked away
Pistons pumpin’
Minds are racin’
It’s hard to sleep man
When I’m shakin’
Bad news surrounds me
Its always found me
Creeping up when things are good
Yeah the dark days find a way
Loud thunder heavy rain
Thin line between joy and pain
It’s a long strange trip it’s all insane
You ain’t never gonna be the same
Living life through the night
Thin line of a lightning strike
Sometimes the only light
When the moon is tucked away
The camera captures
All the things that
Make us turn from
What we see
It’s always moving
It don’t stop rolling
I haven’t slept in three damn days
Yeah, but who needs that anyway
Loud thunder heavy rain
Thin line between joy and pain
It’s a long strange trip it’s all insane
You ain’t never gonna be the same
Living life through the night
Thin line of a lightning strike
Sometimes the only light
When the moon is tucked away
Loud thunder heavy rain
Thin line between joy and pain
It’s a long strange trip it’s all insane
You ain’t never gonna be the same
Living life through the night
Thin line of a lightning strike
Sometimes the only light
When the moon is tucked away
Loud thunder heavy rain
Loud thunder heavy rain
Thin line between joy and pain
A long strange trip it’s all insane
You ain’t never gonna be the same
Loud thunder heavy rain
Loud thunder heavy rain
Well I started on the whiskey pretty early this morning
That’s alright, I was up all night
But I passed out before the sun came up
I really wanted to see one of those
I know that’s no way for a man to behave
With a mortgage due and a baby on the way
But somehow I made it to where I’m at
It’s been a living as a matter of fact
I get a bad attitude from being tired and running ‘round
I never ask for anyone to say they like my sound
I’ve never been a part of any musical scene
I ain’t just talking Nashville, if you know what I mean
They don’t write about me, in their magazines
And I don’t ask for no reviews on the songs that I sing
I never had a lot of friends and I’m alright by that
But people keep on coming back
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
They don’t care about no trends
They don’t care about songs that sell
Yeah, tomorrow I’ll be gone
So tonight everybody just sing along
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
I’ve been standing on the outside for all of my life
But I like the view, I’m not gonna lie
Yeah, the yuppies and the hipsters and the wannabe scenes
That ain’t down home to me
I like two dollar beers, I like three dollar wells
At some old honky tonk bar that I know by the smell
Some old drunk on a bar stool on a Merle Haggard tune
That’s my kind of room
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
They don’t care about no trends
They don’t care about songs that sell
Yeah, tomorrow I’ll be gone
So tonight everybody just sing along
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
They don’t care about no trends
They don’t care about songs that sell
Yeah, tomorrow I’ll be gone
So tonight everybody just sing along
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
And I’ll be raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
I lost my way
I lost track
My heart and all my money
The shirt off my back
Then I found a place
To lie and rest
Clear the cloudy skies of my mind
Clean up my mess
I’m not sure if this is prayer, or if it’s plea
Beggin’ or hopin’ or my insanity
You’re my first clean breath after the fire
You’re that cool drink of water my soul requires
Are you the sunshine
Are you are the rain
You light my darkness
You wash my pain
You’re I love you in a world of doubt
Fill me with somethin’, I can’t go without
I’m not sure if this is a prayer or if it’s plea
Beggin’ or hopin’ or my insanity
You’re my first clean breath after the fire
You’re the cool drink of water my soul requires
Livin’ on wings and wheels
In my mind or made of steel
If you ain’t running scared and rough
Then you ain’t running fast enough for me
Behind the 8 ball ain’t always a bad place to be
You can get out of anything with a dollar and a dream
When your back against the wall your fixed
But they can’t get you from your six, you know
Maybe holdin’ on to something hurts you more than lettin’ go
It hit ain’t hurtin’ maybe it ain’t workin’, it ain’t worth it no.
Maybe that rain that brings the thunder, will help put out the flames
Maybe the light at the end of the tunnel ain’t a train
Maybe holdin’ on to something hurts you more than lettin’ go
It it ain’t hurtin’ maybe it ain’t workin’, it ain’t worth it no.
Maybe that rain that brings the thunder, will help put out the flames
Maybe the light at the end of the tunnel ain’t a train
Maybe the light at the end of the tunnel ain’t a train
Let’s do yesterday again
Turn back the hands of time
And maybe in the morning
I’ll still be yours and you still mine
Let’s not worry about tomorrow
Tomorrow has to end
We both woke up here together
Let’s do yesterday again
Can you give me one good reason
Both still lying here
The fightins’ over now we’re even
We’ve said our peace we’ve shed our tears
If we’re holdin’ on to nothin’
Be nothing’ left to mend
We both know that it’s not over
Let’s do yesterday again
Who’s to say how longs’ forever
Or the time we’ll have to spend
Let’s not waste another minute
Let’s do yesterday again
We both know that we’re still in it
Let’s do yesterday again
Tell’em what it’s like Bec, because they think they want to know
Beyond the lights, beyond the show, what it is
Tell’em what it’s like Bec, to live with a man who’s never there
To wonder if he even cares when he’s gone
He’s always gone, here or there
Tell’em what it’s like Bec, to be someone some love to hate
Your pretty smile and all your grace, it wears you thin
Tell’em what it’s like Bec, when I’m curled up on the floor
And I can’t take it anymore and I’m a mess
Tell’em what it’s like
They can’t hear, they won’t believe
What it’s really like to love a man like me
But your actions they speak louder than some drunk girl in the crowd
Who wants to talk about how you make it when I leave
Tell’em what it’s like to love a man like me
They can’t hear, they won’t believe
What it’s really like to love a man like me
But my actions will speak louder than some drunk girl in the crowd
Who wants to talk about where I’m going when I leave
Tell’em what it’s like to love a man like me
You can be proud to love a man like me
Tell’em what it’s like to love a man like me
The good book holds the reasons
I believe the way I do
And all I needed to know
I was taught in Sunday school
But I lived like those rules
Were for everyone but me
With selfish disregard
For how it hurt my family
I staggered down the hall to our bed
She helped steady me and said
How can you think like you think
Turn around and drink like you drink
You can barely stand up when you kneel down to pray
How can you tell our children to be strong
And fight temptation in a world gone wrong
How can you think like you think and drink like you drink
Bless that girl that looks out for me
With the faith and the love of a saint
Give me the strength to make sure that she
Never again has to say
How can you think like you think and drink like you drink
You can barely stand up when you kneel down to pray
How can you tell our children to be strong
And fight temptation in a world gone wrong
How can you think like you think and drink like you drink
How can you think like you think and drink like you drink
William, where you been?
I’ve been waiting on you since only God knows when
William, come on in
There’s so much to do, so glad to see you again
I haven’t been worried so much as I’ve been anxious
I haven’t been sad, for the reason in the rhyme
I haven’t been cryin’, that’s something that don’t happen
I believed you’d make it here in your sweet time
William, I’ve so much to say
I started us a garden when I got here that June day
William, c’mon this way
Meet our little boy that died on his birthday
We haven’t been worried so much as we’ve been anxious
We haven’t been sad, for the reason in the rhyme
We haven’t been cryin’, that’s something that don’t happen
I told em’ you’d be up here some sweet time
Wanda, quit pickin’ at me
I’ve been running late since 1953
Wanda, slow down just be
Hold my hand while I rock this boy to sleep
I haven’t been worried so much as I’ve been anxious
I’ve been sad but there’s redrawn in the rhyme
I’ve done a lot of crying, that’s something just happens
I hoped I’d make it up here some sweet time
I’ve got one good decision to make tonight
And I’ll have every chance to keep it right
I’ve got a good woman at home
So I’ll be leaving here alone
Well I’ve got one good decision to make tonight
I can smoke and I can drink
Till I can hardly speak or think
I can stumble drunk my way across the floor
I can dance and act a fool upon that bar or on that stool
Choose to do damn near anything this side of those swinging doors
But I’ve got one good decision to make tonight
And I’ll have every chance to keep it right
I’ve got a good woman at home
So I’ll be leaving here alone
Well I’ve got one good decision to make tonight
You can try to catch my eye
Wonder if I’m so inclined
To allow my better judgment to go astray
But now wonderings all you’ll do
Cause I’ve got way too much to lose
One night of so called heaven
Ain’t worth the hell I’d pay
But I’ve got one good decision to make tonight
And I’ll have every chance to keep it right
I’ve got a good woman at home
So I’ll be leaving here alone
Well I’ve got one good decision to make tonight
So run along with me
We can save the world
Playing make believe
Starts with a boy and a girl
Lay me down to rest tonight
Hold me close I’ll hold you tight
Close your eyes, we’ll fall in deep
Tonight I’ll meet you in our dream
Tonight I’ll meet you in our dream
So run along with me
We can change the world
Show what love can be
Just this boy and his girl
Lay me down to rest tonight
Hold me close, I’ll hold you tight
Close your eyes, we’ll fall in deep
Tonight I’ll meet you in our dream
Tonight I’ll meet you in our dream
Tonight I’ll meet you in our dream
When all our days are done
And our time has come
Know I’ve only dreamed
I’ve only dreamed with one
I used to dream of fame and fortune
I used to wanna be a star
It was the greatest aspiration
In my naïve stubborn heart
But with the years I have grown wiser
Learned without love there’s no use
Now I’d rather be a no one
If I ain’t someone to you
I used to dream of fame and fortune
I used to wanna be a star
It was the greatest aspiration
In my naïve stubborn heart
But with the years I have grown wiser
Learned without love there ain’t no use
Now I’d rather be a no one
If I ain’t someone to you
I have traded many memories
I’ve gambled with my time
Along a jealous lonesome highway
All for a vision in my mind
I’ve lost friends and I’ve burned bridges
I’ve gone broke from payin’ dues
Now I’d rather be a no one
If I ain’t someone to you
Neon lights and crowded dancehalls
Make you wanna to go too far
Made my way out of the honkytonks
Just to learn they’re all bars
So if one day I finally make it
If this foolish dream comes true
Just know I’d rather be a no one
If I ain’t someone to you
Neon lights and crowded dancehalls
Make you wanna to go too far
Made my way out of the honkytonks
Just to learn they’re all bars
So if one day I finally make it
If this foolish dream comes true
Just know I’d rather be a no one
If I ain’t someone to you
I’d be better off a no one
If I ain’t someone to you
From the mornin’
Through the day
And on through the night
Like the stinging
Or the burning of a slowly turning knife
I ache now just to hold you
Make you feel my love
If only the wanting was enough
I may never live this feeling down
That’s the one sure thing I’ve found
Better lost in love
Than never tried at all
I have found, in this life
There’s are two ways can fall
I wish I could start it over
Wishing don’t mean much
If only the wanting was enough
I may never let this feeling down
That’s the one sure thing I’ve found
I wish I could start over
Wishing don’t mean much
If only the wanting was enough
I may never live this feeling down
That’s the one sure thing I’ve found
I may never live this feeling down
I can’t want you anymore
I don’t go to church on Sunday
I don’t go to work on Monday
I sleep until I wake up
Whiskey in my coffee cup
And I take what the good Lord gave
That’s the shovel that digs my grave
I never really had a plan
But everybody knows where I stand
And, in all my friends I see
The same kind of crazy as me
There’s more colors than red and blue
To paint the elephant in the room
We piss and moan about that and this
Always another ass to kiss
But I believe that freedom rings
I believe in the songs we sing
I have a funny way you see
Of what the world might someday be
Why can’t they just let it be
The same kind of crazy as me
There ain’t a single thing we own
We’ll take with us when we’re gone
So I’ll just walk the earth a while
Lend a hand and leave a smile
And who knows how the whole thing ends
You can’t tell me where or when
So I’ll just pray that when I’m done
I meet the Father and the Son, and
If I’m right they’ll be
The same kind of crazy as me
There ain’t a single thing we own
We’ll take with us when we’re gone
So I’ll just walk the earth a while
Lend a hand and leave a smile
And who knows how the whole thing ends
You can’t tell me where or when
So I’ll just pray that when I’m done
I meet the Father and the Son, and
If I’m right they’ll be
The same kind of crazy as me
Same kind of crazy as me
Same kind of crazy as me
Same kind of crazy as me
Backside of thirty came fast, but what’s more
I can’t remember younger days like before and it’s a shame
I’ve done more runnin’ than most any age
Whole lot of prayin’ on the backside of a stage, scared to death
Wondering what’s next
And I take the long way around every time
As fast as I can through the comfort of night and it’s a fight
People who love me they suffer the most
See me on TV and all they see’s a ghost of someone they knew
They’re tellin’ the truth
Never alone always lonely
Easy to find, seldom seen
Never alone always lonely
On a fast train
Through a slow moving dream
Never alone always lonely
Easy to find seldom seen
Never alone always lonely
On a fast train
Through a slow moving dream
Never alone always lonely
Easy to find seldom seen
On a fast train
Through a slow moving dream
I’ve never been the kind to just turn and run
Never lost a battle with a loaded gun
Never been confused about who I am
Or what I think it takes for me to be a man
But lately it’s been hell just trying to get by
Livin’ like I’m livin’ on a borrowed dime
Watchin’ my friends as they’re all having fun
Whiskey won’t you help me make it through this one
Cause I don’t mind
I’ll sit here and keep on grinnin’, drowned my head and keep on livin’,
I don’t mind
Guess I’ll drink another bottle and drown another sorrow
I don’t mind
I can’t wait another minute, won’t you help me to forget it again
Well tonight’s been slower than it’s ever been
Staring at the clock at closing time again
The bartender tells me it’s time to go
Got a bottle of the venom waiting back at home
Come tomorrow I’ll probably buy some more
Black Label Even Williams from the liquor store
Back to the bar until my drinkins done
Whiskey won’t you help me make it through this one
Cause I don’t mind
I’ll sit here and keep on grinnin’, drowned my head and keep on livin’,
I don’t mind
Guess I’ll drink another bottle and drown another sorrow
I don’t mind
I can’t wait another minute, won’t you help me to forget it again
Cause I don’t mind
I’ll sit here and keep on grinnin’, drowned my head and keep on livin’,
I don’t mind
Guess I’ll drink another bottle and drown another sorrow
I don’t mind
I can’t wait another minute, won’t you help me to forget it again
Bastrop you don’t grow up, you just get raised
On Hellfire and Brimstone and Amazing Grace
The smell of stills and paper mills, you never quite escape
But I got away
I swore that I’d be done by 21
Staring down the wrong end of a gun
I’ve drank myself ungrateful and I found myself unwise
But I’m still alive
I’m still alive
And I have learned the hard way lessons
And I have made my own mistakes
I’ve drove headlong down some dead end roads, no honest man should take
But I’ve never been afraid to spread broken wings in skies
Where even angels fear to fly
Where even angels fear to fly
So damn sure of what I could not know
Knew too damn well of what wasn’t really so
I don’t conjure memories now, it’s best I just forget
So I’ve laid to rest
My regrets
I learned the hard way, the lessons
I have made my own mistakes
Drove headlong down some dead ends, no honest man should take
But I’ve never been afraid to spread broken wings in skies
Where angels fear to fly
And I have learned the hard way lessons
And I have made my own mistakes
I’ve drove headlong down some dead end roads, no honest man should take
But I’ve never been afraid to spread broken wings in skies
Where even angels fear to fly
Where even angels fear to fly
I am the river that flows through my veins
I am the black crow, I’m wings of change
I am the rock that the rain couldn’t conquer
I’m above, I’m below, I am hell and high water
I’ve been the song carried in on the breeze
I’ve wept with willows and I’ve fell with the leaves
I am the badlands and the silence it holds
A warrior who walks but is never alone
There’s a black and a white wolf in me
And I live and I die
By which one I feed
It’s a war old as time, this fighting inside
And I live and I die,
By which one I feed
I am the hunted and I am the hunter
I am the feast and the famine, the hunger
I am the eagle screaming for peace
While the beasts on the inside sharpen their teeth
There’s a black and a white wolf in me
And I live and I die
By which one I feed
It’s a war old as time, this fighting inside
And I live and I die,
By which one I feed
There’s a black and a white wolf in me
And I live and I die
By which one I feed
It’s a war old as time, this fighting inside
And I live and I die,
By which one I feed
Which one I feed
I am the river that flows through my veins
I am the black crow, I’m wings of change
I need a bite of something sweet
I need a day like they used to be
Need to see all my old friends, so we can start again
I need a bite of something sweet
I need a drink Lord, from that cup
I need something to fill me up
When the cards have all been shown
It’s time that I go home
I need a drink Lord, from that cup
I need to lie down and rest for a while
I need a sunny day, but clouds are more my style
My soul hungers for more than I can eat
Give me a new day and a bite of something sweet
I need to lie down and rest for a while
I need a sunny day, but clouds are more my style
My soul hungers for more than I can eat
Give me a new day and a bite of something sweet
Give me a new day and a bite of something sweet
Mama, this highways gonna kill me
And mama, I think my rose is wilting
The kids and her alone while I’m so far from home
I feel so guilty
Mama, this highways gonna kill me
I hope the road that takes me there will always bring me back
But I guess whatever will be, will be
Mama this highways gonna kill me
Woman, I wish I couldn’t hurt you
And woman, It’s clear I don’t deserve you
I know it seems I only need you when I ain’t got nowhere else to turn too
So woman, I wish I wouldn’t hurt you
I’m sure there’s some relief in giving up and moving on
And sometimes it seems way too much to work through
Woman I never meant to hurt you
Lord, I beg of you protect me
Cause lately, swear the devil’s out to get me
It ain’t a leap of faith to say he always prays upon the unsuspecting
So Lord, I beg of you protect me
I can’t walk with you if the devil got my hand
I hope you have my back and direct me
Jesus I beg of you protect me
Jesus, don’t let’em get me
She can’t do this, anymore
She bought a ticket west and left me staring down the storm
Now I’m sittin’ here, all alone
In an empty house that used to be a happy home
She said she needed sunshine
She had enough of clouds
I knew it wouldn’t take too long, for her to figure out.
It don’t rain in California
You won’t see a single storm cloud in the sky
It’s always clear, so there won’t be any tears
Leave you standin’ in the downpour trying to hide
It don’t rain in California, like it’s raining here tonight
I can’t do this, anymore
I hopped a plane and I found my way to the California shore
Now we sittin’ here, all alone
You knew that I was comin’, you sounded happy on the phone
I knew you needed sunshine,
It seems I brought the clouds
The thunder and the lightning seem to follow me around
It don’t rain in California
You won’t see a single storm cloud in the sky
It’s always clear, so there won’t be any tears
Leave you standin’ in the downpour trying to hide
It don’t rain in California, like it’s raining here tonight
It don’t rain in California, like it’s raining here tonight
I feel their eyes upon me, as I walk across the room
I can hear em’ all whispering my name
So I tuck in my shoulders and hide the best I can
It all happened so fast I can’t explain
But if I had to
I’d tell em’ all I really ain’t that special
And I’d cry and yell leave me the hell alone
And I hate it that I have to try to be cool all the time
I’m just a guy, with a wounded mind
I put on my costume and I put on a show
The only way a jester stays alive
All they see is glitter and all they hear are rhymes
If I could find a new way to survive
I’d be glad to
Tell em’ all I really ain’t that special
And I’d cry and yell leave me the hell alone
And I hate it that I have to try to be cool all the time
I’m just a guy, with a wounded mind
And I hate it that I have to try to be cool all the time
I’m just a guy, with a wounded mind
And I’d tell em’ all I really ain’t that special
And I’d cry and yell leave me the hell alone
And I hate it that I have to try to be cool all the time
I’m just a guy, with a wounded mind
Ramble, when this world gives you more than you can handle
You get on those two wheels and you fly to outer space
Like your in a one man race
Never thinking about tomorrow, you beg, steal, you borrow
And you gamble, you gamble with your love like you don’t need it
And when it’s said and done you’ll be alone out on the road
Shaking off the cold
No one to keep you warm, I guess you were born to ramble
Freedom, you say all you ever wanted was your freedom
But is it worth the cost of never calling one place home
Always going, going, gone
Nowhere to rest your bones, but you keep on believing
Believing in some kind of magic potion
The one that makes you feel like you ain’t never gonna die
The one that makes you cry
Then leaves you in that haze, I guess you will always ramble
Ramble, when this world gives you more than you can handle
You get on those two wheels and go back to outer space
Win that one man race
Don’t worry bout tomorrow, out run your sorrows and ramble
I have prayed for wisdom, now I pray for peace
It seems the more I know now, the less that I can sleep
Stay imprisoned in my conscience, trying to figure what it means
To be caught between a nightmare and the sweetest of dreams
Some days a raven, some days a dove
Some days the dark cloud hanging round
Others from the light above
I’m scuffed by the devil, but I’m washed up in the blood
Some days a raven, some days a dove
You may question how I’m living, it might scare you half to death
I’ve been forgive for my sinning, Lord knows I ain’t through sinning yet
I get my singing from my mama, I get the fight from my old man
I don’t always know where I’m going, but I know exactly what I am
Some days a raven, some days a dove
Some days the dark cloud hanging round
Others from the light above
I’m scuffed by the devil, but I’m washed up in the blood
Some days a raven, some days a dove
Some days a raven, some days a dove
Some days the dark cloud hanging round
Others from the light above
I’m scuffed by the devil, but I’m washed up in the blood
Some days a raven, some days a dove
Some days a raven, some days a dove
No I’m not goin’ crazy, but lately my head and my heart
Seem to be at least a million miles apart
My heart says to love ya, my head says to run
It’s like my heart is too afraid to tell my head what it’s done
I know that it can never be the way it was
Even though you’ll be the death of me I can’t give you up
Too much is not enough; it’s not the love, it’s not the lust that grips me
It must be the whiskey
I’ve been drinkin’ to remember and drinkin’ to forget
I got “I love you” on my mind, I got Jim Beam on my breath
And loneliness has got the rest, I’ve got nothin’ left within me
It must be the whiskey
Oh I’m not goin’ crazy, but lately these thoughts in my head
Are a whirlwind of a world of a million regrets
All the things I should’ve done, all the things I should’ve said
All the pain that comes with hatin’ the mess you’ve made of yourself
I know I’m chasin’ rainbows thinkin’ I could make it work
But the fact is that my actions speak louder than my words
And it only makes it worse thinkin’ of her, thinkin’ she’ll forgive me
It must be the whiskey
I’ve been drinkin’ to remember and drinkin’ to forget
I got “I love you” on my mind, I got Jim Beam on my breath
And loneliness has got the rest, I’ve got nothin’ left within me
It must be the whiskey
I’ve been drinkin’ to remember and drinkin’ to forget
I got “I love you” on my mind, I got Jim Beam on my breath
And loneliness has got the rest, I’ve got nothin’ left within me
Sometimes it hits me whenever I’m a little tipsy
Oh, it hits me whenever I’m a little tipsy
It must be the whiskey
It must be the whiskey
It must be the whiskey
It’s that whiskey
It must be the whiskey
I’m somewhere between I love you and I’m leavin’
Somewhere between I need you and lettin’ go
And it scares me so when I look hard I find no good reasons
I’m somewhere between I love you and I’m leavin’
Somewhere between I miss you and I’m gone
Runnin’ hard through the middle of the night, and you spend yours alone
I hold you close then I let you go, no leavin’ well-enough alone
I’m somewhere between I miss you and I’m gone
And the ties that bind, they hold my mind
No matter where I go, I’m alone
Here with you or out there tearin’ down some road
Nowhere is home
And you’re the only thing on earth that I believe in
I’m somewhere between I love you and I’m leavin’
And the ties that bind, they hold my mind
No matter where I go, I’m alone
Here with you or out there tearin’ down some road
Nowhere is home
And you’re the only thing on earth that I believe in
I can stay or I can go and not break even
I’m somewhere between I love you and I’m leavin’
I’m somewhere between I love you and I’m leavin’
I walk around on pins and needles
Around people I can’t even name
I keep on passin’ church steeples
Prayin’ that my God is still the same
I been wanderin’ like a fool too blind to see
Maybe it ain’t the bottle that I need
I need a shot of holy water
I need it to chase down my demons
And burn ’em just a little bit hotter
I’ve been havin’ drinks with the devil in this neon town
I need a shot of holy water to wash it down
Lost in a land of smoke and mirrors
I do my best to just stay clear of my yesterdays
I’ve been runnin’ so long, now I’m runnin’ from myself
Tired of runnin’ away
I’m still tryin’ to get through to the man I wanna be
Maybe I’m not so gone that I can’t see
I need a shot of holy water
I need it to chase down my demons
And burn ’em just a little bit hotter
I’ve been havin’ drinks with the devil in this neon town
I need a shot of holy water to wash it down
I need a shot of holy water
I need a shot of holy water
I need a shot of holy water
I need a shot of holy water
I need a shot of holy water
I need it to chase down my demons
And burn ’em just a little bit hotter
I’ve been havin’ drinks with the devil in this neon town
I need a shot of holy water to wash it down
(Holy, holy water)
I need a shot of holy water (holy, holy water)
I need a shot of holy water (holy, holy water)
(Holy, holy water)
(Holy, holy water)
(Holy, holy water)
(Holy, holy water)
He wakes with the chickens and the Waco sun
He’s got mouths to feed and cattle to run
Same as his daddy and his daddy done
It’s all he’s ever known
In this modern world movin’ break-neck fast
He’s a dyin’ breed, a thing of the past
He’ll be damned if he don’t hit back
If you stand in his way
When there’s nothin’ more to say
So here’s to the lifers
The struggle-and-strifers
Workin’ long after the day is done
Here’s to the throw-backs
The cowboys in old hats
The last of the great generation
It seems they still dream
She’s a renaissance girl with a fire in her soul
She’s got a pocket full of nothin’, nobody tells her no
She flew into town twenty years ago
With a guitar and a song
She’s been playin’ them rooms but she ain’t got far
Been livin’ off tips in them Broadway bars
She’s a troubadour queen but time left its mark
The scene’s passed her by
In a world that’s passed her by
So here’s to the lifers
The struggle-and-strifers
Workin’ long after the day is done
Here’s to the throw-backs
The cowboys in old hats
The last of the great generation
It seems they still dream
No they don’t give up and they don’t give in
When things don’t go their way
Yeah we’re getting’ knocked down
Yeah we’re getting’ back up
Live to die another day
So here’s to the lifers
The struggle-and-strifers
Workin’ long after the day is done
Here’s to the throw-backs
The cowboys in old hats
The last of the great generation
It seems they still dream
Daddy must’ve told her when she was sixteen
Don’t settle for a poor man’s diamond ring
Take a lesson from your mama, girl, it ain’t no shame
To find a man with some money and a big last name
She wore that crown at the Rose Parade
All them boys starin’ at her thinkin’ maybe someday
All their credit put together couldn’t get her to the game
She wants a man with some money and a big last name
She’s had the pick of the litter since the day she was born
Ain’t nothin’ good enough in this town
She’s a product of her mama, she gets what she wants
Ain’t layin’ that silver spoon down
She wants to be in a picture in a gold-leaf frame
With a man with some money and a big last name
She’s had the pick of the litter since the day she was born
Ain’t nothin’ good enough in this town
She’s a product of her mama, she gets what she wants
Ain’t layin’ that silver spoon down
She wants to be in a picture in a gold-leaf frame
With a man with some money and a big last name
Man with some money and a big last name
Well she met a rich banker down in San Antone
He had a pre-nup ready for her name to be on
The she came home early to a pretty young thing
In bed with some money and a big last name
In bed with some money and a big last name
In bed with some money and a big last name
The city lights
Ain’t treatin’ me right
On this side of the wall
I’m thinkin’ it’s time
To turn on a dime
For the Sierra Madre call
I caught wind
From a friend of a friend
Of mighty wealth untold
If the stories are true
Nothin’ left to do
But head down to Mexico
Desert wind
Blowin’ me away again
Now you’re my only friend
I’ve got left to call
Bought a two-bit mule
From a horse-theivin’ fool
To cross the Rio Grande alone
I had to steer clear
But I had not a fear
Where the federale roamed
Once I was through
I knew what to do
Had to send that old mule home
I’m now on the trail
That lead most to hell
After Pancho Villa’s gold
Desert wind
Blowin’ me away again
Now you’re my only friend
I’ve got left to call
Desert wind
Blowin’ me away again
Now you’re my only friend
I’ve got left to call
Followed the words
That I’d been told
Amongst the hillside shadows cold
When I talked to him
I caught a chill
For the cavern it did hold
The answers to questions that I never had
With riches I could hold
But truth of a man ain’t built with hands or Pancho Villa’s gold
It’s that desert wind
Blowin’ me home again
Now you’re the only friend
That I’ll ever call
It’s that desert wind
Blowin’ me home again
Now you’re the only friend
I’ll ever call
Don’t think that I don’t think about Colorado
It’s about the only thing I ever do
Don’t think that I don’t think about Colorado
Don’t think I ain’t thinkin’ ’bout you
Even though our love might’ve gone down burnin’
Like the sunset on the mountains out in Vail
And our best days might have been some I’d forgotten
But our worst days I remember much too well
Don’t think that I don’t think about Colorado
It’s about the only thing I ever do
Don’t think that I don’t think about Colorado
Don’t think I ain’t thinkin’ ’bout you
I look back to when we carved our names in marble
On an aspen by the cabin where we stayed
And I wonder if that tree’s still strong and standin’
Despite the broken promises we made
Don’t think that I don’t think about Colorado
It’s about the only thing I ever do
Don’t think that I don’t think about Colorado
Don’t think I ain’t thinkin’ ’bout you
Don’t think that I don’t think about Colorado
It’s about the only thing I ever do
Don’t think that I don’t think about Colorado
Don’t think I ain’t thinkin’ ’bout you
Don’t think I ain’t thinkin’ ’bout you
I’ve played every honky tonk and roadside bar and juke joint
Between here and Minneapolis
You know I’ve lived these miles
There’s a Haggard man behind these eyes and smile
I picked up the guitar ’round the time I turned fourteen
Lit that fire, been burnin’ tires, hard booze, both ends and gasoline
Stayin’ wired
Come back down the best that we know how
We know now
We’re all tryin’ to quit smokin’
Tired of laughin’, tired of jokin’
‘Bout the habits we all have slowly creepin’ up
We all gotta die from somethin’
Livin’ kills you, life is tough
But I can’t quit ’cause I can’t quit enough
I’ve felt all the pressures playin’ to an empty room
And the pleasures of a crowd that’s singin’ loud to every word to all my songs
But the band and me, Lord, keep rollin’ on
We roll on
We’re all tryin’ to quit smokin’
Tired of laughin’, tired of jokin’
‘Bout the habits we all have slowly creepin’ up
We all gotta die from somethin’
Livin’ kills you, life is tough
But I can’t quit ’cause I can’t quit enough
We’re all tryin’ to quit smokin’
Tired of laughin’, tired of jokin’
‘Bout the habits we all have slowly creepin’ up
We all gotta die from somethin’
Livin’ kills you, life is tough
But I can’t quit cause I can’t quit enough
I’ll never quit cause I can’t quit enough
From the 7th floor window sometimes I swear I see it all
From which way the wind blows to how we’re all bound to fall
Doesn’t make much sense, the crazy things I do
Under the influence of the pain that I’ve been through
To get to you
It’s what I do
To get to you
I shook hands with deception when I saw through their empty eyes
I broke bread with the burdens of everything that I despise
Dug my own graves and I’ve thrown caution to the wind
Become a slave to the wicked ways of men
To get to you
It’s what I do
To get to you
It’s what I do
To get to you
I wish I hadn’t waged the wars on the weakness of my fears
But it was worth the wait just to be standin’ here
Singin’ to the heavens as they fill up my mind
Standin’ on the 7th floor of everything I left behind
To get to you
It’s what I do
To get to you
It’s what I do
To get to you
It’s what I do
To get to you
It’s what I do
To get to you
It’s what I do
To get to you
It’s what I do
To get to you
From the 7th floor window sometimes I swear I see it all
From which way the wind blows to how we’re all bound to fall
Who’s this stranger in the mirror
The one that’s lookin’ back at me?
He ain’t familiar, I don’t know this guy
Who in the world could it be?
It ain’t me, there ain’t no way
And the stranger, gettin’ stranger everyday
The guy I’m lookin’ for, he’s a young man
He ain’t scarred-up and gettin’ old
He’s a good kid from the country
Your eyes are big-city-cold
It ain’t me, there ain’t no way
And the stranger, gettin’ stranger everyday
Maybe I’m goin’ crazy
Could be losin’ my mind
Lookin’ for someone familiar
That I knew one time
The stranger, hear me talkin’
Listen up to what I have to say
Waitin’ for an answer… silence
And the stranger, is gettin’ stranger every day
Maybe I’m goin’ crazy
Could be losin’ my mind
Lookin’ for someone familiar
That I knew one time
Who’s this stranger in the mirror
I know it’s hard to find the words so often standin’ face-to-face
Sometimes it takes a thin white sheet to put things into place
Things that I could never say come floodin’ out somehow upon these lines
I’m still fightin’ the same battles I’ve been fightin’ all these years
A dreamer is not a dreamer unless you’re livin’ with a fear
What they say will be forgotten, all that’s done will be for naught
And why
And it’s been a long time, Lord, since I sat down and had a cry
It’s sometimes overwhelmin’ and I can’t tell ya why
But I remember Jackson singin’ “Doctor, doctor, please
My eyes
And my heroes, they’re all dyin’ or they’re sittin’ in a cell
Due to years of medicatin’ minds that hurt so well
There’s a thin line, don’t you see, between genius and insanity
Which am I
One thing that scares the hell in me is livin’ with mortality
And worryin’ that I’m insane talkin’ to a God unseen
Must surely make me crazy, so crazy’s what I’ll be
‘Til I’m gone
‘Til I’m gone
And I’ll scream out to the sun and to the moon and to the stars
I’ll scream until my voice finds you, no matter where you are
I’ll scream until I’ve got no breath and all that’s left to take is death
And I’m done
When I’m done
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh
Burning the candle at both ends leaves no time to think
To kill one flame
It’s to slow the burn
Hittin’ it hard every night when the sun goes down my girl
You know I’m always around
I’m in some other town
I can’t say where I’ll be, come this time next week
I know I won’t be here
I know I won’t be home
I’ve lost so much of myself, I wonder now
Am I really what, all these people see
I’ve got no time to think, the time that I’ve let go
I’ve got no time to think, the time you’ve spent alone
I’ve got no time to think of the years I know all the times with you how they come and go
Got no time to think, the time that I’ve let go
Ten years gone and I’m on my way to a million miles
You know they don’t come free
You know they roll by slow
I’d be lyin’ if I said that I did not love my work
You know I love you too
Now it’s time to go
I’ve got no time to think, the time that I’ve let go
I’ve got no time to think, the time you’ve spent alone
I’ve got no time to think of the years I know all the times with you how they come and go
Got no time to think, the time that I’ve let go
I’ve got no time to think, the time that I’ve let go
I’ve got no time to think, the time you’ve spent alone
I’ve got no time to think of the years I know all the times with you how they come and go
Got no time to think, the time that I’ve let go
Wake up Becki
I’ve got something to say
Listen to me
Let’s try this one more day
I know it’s late now
But you know I just can’t sleep
Wake up Becki
Won’t you talk with me
Wake up Becki
Oh now listen to me please
Understand now
I’m down on my knees
You gotta believe me
When I say my love is true
Wake up Becki
All I want is you
I need to hear your voice, you know I’m all alone
And this is what I’d say to you, if you’d pick up that phone
You must be fast asleep not thinking about me or you’re already gone
Wake up Becki
Becki I’m almost home
Wake up Becki
Oh I know it’s been too long
Since I’ve held you
And I know you’ve been strong
Don’t you worry
I may be gone for a week or two
Wake up Becki
I’m coming home to you
I need to hear your voice, you know I’m all alone
And this is what I’d say to you, if you’d pick up that phone
You must be fast asleep not thinking about me or you’re already gone
Wake up Becki
Becki I’m almost home
Well I started on the whiskey pretty early this morning
That’s alright, I was up all night
But I passed out before the sun came up
I really wanted to see one of those
I know that’s no way for a man to behave
With a mortgage due and a baby on the way
But somehow I made it to where I’m at
It’s been a living as a matter of fact
I get a bad attitude from being tired and running ‘round
I never ask for anyone to say they like my sound
I’ve never been a part of any musical scene
I ain’t just talking Nashville, if you know what I mean
They don’t write about me, in their magazines
And I don’t ask for no reviews on the songs that I sing
I never had a lot of friends and I’m alright by that
But people keep on coming back
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
They don’t care about no trends
They don’t care about songs that sell
Yeah, tomorrow I’ll be gone
So tonight everybody just sing along
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
I’ve been standing on the outside for all of my life
But I like the view, I’m not gonna lie
Yeah, the yuppies and the hipsters and the wannabe scenes
That ain’t down home to me
I like two dollar beers, I like three dollar wells
At some old honky tonk bar that I know by the smell
Some old drunk on a bar stool on a Merle Haggard tune
That’s my kind of room
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
They don’t care about no trends
They don’t care about songs that sell
Yeah, tomorrow I’ll be gone
So tonight everybody just sing along
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
They don’t care about no trends
They don’t care about songs that sell
Yeah, tomorrow I’ll be gone
So tonight everybody just sing along
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
And I’ll be raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
Couldn’t have ever dawned on me
All the things that I would be I
I never really looked out quite that far
It’s never been a simple thing
To see the world with a young man’s brain, with
An old man’s heart, restless soul
Yeah, my family went broke in my eighteenth year
Dad took a job many miles from here that
That was alright by me I was on my own
I had a band, found a job, life was alright
I worked when I had to, we played all the time, only
Got through that first year of college, alright
But I learned more on the freight docks
Driving forklifts on the 3 o’clock
AM shift In the winter time, man it got cold
Selling guitars on the west coast
Going hungry, chasin’ ghost around and around we would go
And I saw it all tendin’ bar at night
Treatin’ saints and sinners right
It’s a good thing to do all the time
You never know who you’re talkin’ to
But always know who’s watching you
Keep your feet movin’ straight down the line
I’ve known a lot of real good men
Grad school or no school
I’ve called em’ my friends, I’m
I’m Somewhere in the Middle and that’s just fine
No, I don’t give a damn how much money you make
If your last shirt has pockets, take all you can take, I’m
I’m goin’ out with nothin’ like I came in
Cause I learned more on the freight docks
Driving forklifts on the 3 o’clock
AM shift In the winter time, man it got cold
Selling guitars on the west coast
Going hungry, chasin’ ghost around and around we would go
And I saw it all tendin’ bar at night
Treatin’ saints and sinners right
It’s a good thing, to do all the time
You never know who you’re talkin’ to
But always know who’s watching you
Keep your feet movin’ straight down the line
But I learned more on the freight docks
Driving forklifts on the 3 o’clock
AM shift In the winter time, man it got cold
Selling guitars on the west coast
Going hungry, chasin’ ghost around and around we would go
And I saw it all tendin’ bar at night
Treatin’ saints and sinners right
It’s a good thing to do all the time
You never know who you’re talkin’ to
But always know who’s watching you
Keep your feet movin’ straight down the line
Somewhere in the middle and that’s just fine
Somewhere in the middle and that’s just fine
I don’t run from guilt you see my conscience lets me know at least a thousand times or better every day
Things I’ve done mistakes I’ve made, raised feelings I’ll lay in some grave if ever I am finally laid to rest
If there’s time to pray before I die, I pray dear Lord you know that I was a righteous man that somehow lost his way
Face me down when I shall pass so the world can kiss my ass and Hell can’t come and get me from behind
I’ve danced in the flames and I’ve been burned
I’ve walked on the harder side of life, I’ve takin’ all the wrong turns
I’ve been around
I’ve been down
And I’ve been wasted
I fight with myself
sometimes I lose
I got me an angel on my shoulder, but I’ve got the devil too, I get down
I get around and I get wasted
Twenty-seven years along I’ve tried to make them right all wrong and I’ve nearly died a few times on my way
Well I’ve seen the face of God first hand and I’ve danced with the devil man, I’ve needed help and grab for both of their hands
I’ve danced in the flames and I’ve been burned
I’ve walked on the harder side of life, I’ve takin’ all the wrong turns
I’ve been around
I’ve been down
And I’ve been wasted
I fight with myself, sometimes I lose
I got me an angel on my shoulder, but I’ve got the devil too, I get down
I get around and I get wasted
I fight with myself
Sometimes I lose
I got me an angel on my shoulder, but I’ve got the devil too
I get down I get around and I get wasted
I don’t run from guilt you see my conscience lets me know at least a thousand times or better every day
All I did was drink all day in that hell they call L.A.
A southern born man wants a gun in his hand
When he sees how they run that place
Never say I’m better than anyone
Cause Lord knows that I’m not
But that California summer wasn’t that hot
We went out there searchin’ for something
Instead we all got lost
We were headin’ out west and the plans were goin’ south
Never counted no cost
By the time I hit Arizona I was on my way to see
65 days in L.A. is enough for me
And I would drink ’till the sun came up
And I was tryin’ to find myself
But it’s hard to find yourself in a state like that
I was born a runnin’ man and anywhere I’m free
But 65 days in L.A. is enough for me
Been a few good folks out there, any and everywhere
We were runnin’ down the same things, all about insane
Thinkin’ we’d find them out there
Steppin’ over bums on the sidewalk
To get back to my front door
And by the middle of August, couldn’t take any more
So I loaded up what little I had left
And I bought two packs of smokes
I was haulin’ back to my girl, all back to my own
I was born a runnin’ man and anywhere I’m free
But 65 days in L.A. is enough for me
65 days anywhere is too much for me
Too much for me
You’re good for nothing
It’s what they always say
I can’t say no different
look at me today
Always in and out of trouble
An enemy of the state
Why can’t I get my act together
Dollar short, a day late
And they say why you don’t quit drinkin’
You’re always acting like a clown
We all see your ships been sinkin’
Just slowly goin’ down
You’ve been runnin’ for so long
You ain’t got no time to lose
You better right in all your wrongs
Last call for the blues
Yeah the first step, it’s admitting
Then it’s one day at a time
Don’t you dare deny it
You’re way past your prime
You better start to look ahead
What’s done is dead and gone
There ain’t no wisdom in that whiskey
There’s only sadness in your song
And they say why you don’t quit drinkin’
You’re always acting like a clown
We all see your ships been sinkin’
Just slowly goin’ down
You’ve been runnin’ for so long
You ain’t got no time to lose
You better right in all your wrongs
Last call for the blues
And they say why you don’t quit drinkin’
You’re always acting like a clown
We all see your ships been sinkin’
Just slowly goin’ down
You’ve been runnin’ for so long
You ain’t got no time to lose
You better right in all your wrongs
Last call for the blues
You better right in all your wrongs
Last call for the blues
Sometimes in the summer, it’ll lightnin’, it’ll thunder
But the rain don’t seem to come it rolls on by
Thunder sounds like laughter, as the lightning hits the pasture
And you know that land has been dry for some time
And it burns and it burns, oh it burns
The river it stopped flowin’ back through town some time ago
And the train tracks rest below a bed of weeds
The truck stop shut its door on the day that oil hit a hundred and four dollars a barrel
Ya’ll then the grocery store came next and then the bank
And it burns oh it burns, it burns
Oh it burns, yeah it burns, oh it burns
You do the things you know to just to make it day by day
You can hear the kids a cryin’, but there’s just no time to play.
You work the way you know how just the way you’ve always done
and you’d like to curse the skies that bring no rain and block the sun
And it burns
Sometimes when it’s rainin’ and there seems there ain’t no stoppin’
aand a storm surge rushes past and all goes down
That river roars with laughter as it strips away the pasture land the home you built
And work for your own hands
And it rains, oh it rains, yeah it rains
And it rains, oh it rains, yeah it rains
You do the things you know to just to make it by the day
You can hear the kids a cryin’ but there’s just no time to play
you work the way you know how just the way you’ve always done
and you’d like to curse the skies that bring the rain and block the sun and it rains
And it rains
Sometimes in the summer it’ll lightnin’, it’ll thunder
But the rain don’t seem to come it rolls on by
They don’t want you none Virginia
Why don’t you just go on home
I’m not being fair Virginia
I’d rather see you all alone
This old town’s is the way you left it
And sleep is good when you can get it
Loveletters and cigarettes
It’s been three years and I can’t forget
And wrap this chain around my neck for good
I memorized every word you wrote
And each night they go up in smoke
And I’m gonna die or I’m gonna choke it’s true
I’m still not done with you
Oh no, I’m still not done with you
The big screen waits for you Virginia
It’s where I wanted you to be
When it came to being with you
This place just wouldn’t let go of me
Every road and every stop light
I see your face on a good night
Loveletters and cigarettes
It’s been three years and I can’t forget
And wrap this chain around my neck for good
I memorized every word you wrote
And each night they go up in smoke
And I’m gonna die or I’m gonna choke it’s true
I’m still not done with you
Oh no, I’m still not done with you
Every road and every stop light
I see your face on a good night
Loveletters and cigarettes
It’s been three years and I can’t forget
And wrap this chain around my neck for good
I memorized every word you wrote
And each night they go up in smoke
And I’m gonna die or I’m gonna choke it’s true
I’m still not done with you
Oh no, I’m still not done with you
Time is gold and it only goes by in waves of strangers
Along the way sometimes strangers make your friends
Well I’m gettin’ old and my friends don’t come around like they used to
We’ve stopped actin’ like we’ve got somethin’ to prove
My old friend Jake, yeah man, we made some noise in those barrooms
Who’d have thought he’d be the first one with a son
And I like to think that guy we all call McKinney
He was there at my worst and Lord knows he’s helped me on
It’s been a few years since I, seen that Matthews boy
He’s still livin’ down in Houston, still never callin’ back when I phone
Every now and then I’ll stop and I’ll have a few with Vinny
You know we laugh about the old times, at least those we recall
It’s always, c’est la vi,
Try not, to miss the forest for the trees
And now we’re, what we did not think we’d be
A little bit older, a little less wise
You get a little older and a lot less wise
Time is gold and it only goes by in waves of strangers
Well I started on the whiskey pretty early this morning
That’s alright, I was up all night
But I passed out before the sun came up
I really wanted to see one of those
I know that’s no way for a man to behave
With a mortgage due and a baby on the way
But somehow I made it to where I’m at
It’s been a living as a matter of fact
I get a bad attitude from being tired and running ‘round
I never ask for anyone to say they like my sound
I’ve never been a part of any musical scene
I ain’t just talking Nashville, if you know what I mean
They don’t write about me, in their magazines
And I don’t ask for no reviews on the songs that I sing
I never had a lot of friends and I’m alright by that
But people keep on coming back
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
They don’t care about no trends
They don’t care about songs that sell
Yeah, tomorrow I’ll be gone
So tonight everybody just sing along
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
I’ve been standing on the outside for all of my life
But I like the view, I’m not gonna lie
Yeah, the yuppies and the hipsters and the wannabe scenes
That ain’t down home to me
I like two dollar beers, I like three dollar wells
At some old honky tonk bar that I know by the smell
Some old drunk on a bar stool on a Merle Haggard tune
That’s my kind of room
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
They don’t care about no trends
They don’t care about songs that sell
Yeah, tomorrow I’ll be gone
So tonight everybody just sing along
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
They don’t care about no trends
They don’t care about songs that sell
Yeah, tomorrow I’ll be gone
So tonight everybody just sing along
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
And I’ll be raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
Couldn’t have ever dawned on me
All the things that I would be I
I never really looked out quite that far
It’s never been a simple thing
To see the world with a young man’s brain, with
An old man’s heart, restless soul
Yeah, my family went broke in my eighteenth year
Dad took a job many miles from here that
That was alright by me I was on my own
I had a band, found a job, life was alright
I worked when I had to, we played all the time, only
Got through that first year of college, alright
But I learned more on the freight docks
Driving forklifts on the 3 o’clock
AM shift In the winter time, man it got cold
Selling guitars on the west coast
Going hungry, chasin’ ghost around and around we would go
And I saw it all tendin’ bar at night
Treatin’ saints and sinners right
It’s a good thing to do all the time
You never know who you’re talkin’ to
But always know who’s watching you
Keep your feet movin’ straight down the line
I’ve known a lot of real good men
Grad school or no school
I’ve called em’ my friends, I’m
I’m Somewhere in the Middle and that’s just fine
No, I don’t give a damn how much money you make
If your last shirt has pockets, take all you can take, I’m
I’m goin’ out with nothin’ like I came in
Cause I learned more on the freight docks
Driving forklifts on the 3 o’clock
AM shift In the winter time, man it got cold
Selling guitars on the west coast
Going hungry, chasin’ ghost around and around we would go
And I saw it all tendin’ bar at night
Treatin’ saints and sinners right
It’s a good thing, to do all the time
You never know who you’re talkin’ to
But always know who’s watching you
Keep your feet movin’ straight down the line
But I learned more on the freight docks
Driving forklifts on the 3 o’clock
AM shift In the winter time, man it got cold
Selling guitars on the west coast
Going hungry, chasin’ ghost around and around we would go
And I saw it all tendin’ bar at night
Treatin’ saints and sinners right
It’s a good thing to do all the time
You never know who you’re talkin’ to
But always know who’s watching you
Keep your feet movin’ straight down the line
Somewhere in the middle and that’s just fine
Somewhere in the middle and that’s just fine
I’ve got a good woman at home
Who thinks I do no wrong
But sometimes, Lord, she just ain’t always around
And you know that’s when I fall
Now I can’t help myself at all
And I’ll get whiskey bent and hell bound
Play me some songs about a ramblin’ man
Put a cold one in my hand
‘Cause you know I love to hear those guitar sounds
Don’t you play, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
‘Cause I’ll get all balled up inside
And I’ll get whiskey bent and hell bound
Sure enough about closin’ time
About stoned out of my mind
And I end up with some honky tonk special I found
Just as sure as the mornin sun comes
Thinking of my sweet girl at home
And I’ll get whiskey bent and hell bound
Play me the songs about ramblin’ man
Put old Jim Beam in my hand
‘Cause you know I still love to get drunk
And hear country sounds
But don’t you play, Your Cheatin’ Heart
‘Cause that’ll tear me all apart
I’ll get whiskey bent and hell bound
Yeah, old Hank’s songs
Always make me feel low down
I heard good to see, those lights were sure bright tonight
That bittersweet voice took me back, another time
She said, after all this while, it’s good to see you doin’ fine
Well that’s a funny thing to hear, after the last time
I recall the choice you made, the words you chose back then
It killed me for a long, long time, were we ever friends
I said, you came here to see, if time had rearranged
The same old game, I’m still the same
Same old bar, same guitars, same old stars
That light my day
It’s gettin’ better to not feel ruined
But you know I do anyway
I really don’t know what you’re doing here
What you want, or why you came
It’s gettin’ late now and I gotta go
Since you asked, I’m still the same
I’m still the same
I really don’t know what you’re doing here
Or what you want
Or why you came
It’s gettin’ late now and I gotta go
But since you asked
I’m still the same
I’m still the same
I’m still the same
I’m not the devil you think that I am
It ain’t no excuse, but I’m just a man
I slipped and I fell, it got outta hand
But I’m not the devil you think that I am
It wasn’t no gun, held to my head
I got caught up believing, in lies that were said
In a moment of weakness
I stumbled and I made my bed
I’m not the devil you think that I am
It ain’t no excuse, but I’m just a man
I slipped and I fell, it got outta hand
But I’m not the devil you think that I am
There’s 10,000 reasons
For you not to stay
And no one would blame you
If you want it that way
It might take some time
But I’ll show, you that I’m worth the wait
I’m not the devil you think that I am
It ain’t no excuse, but I’m just a man
I slipped and I fell, it got outta hand
But I’m not the devil you think that I am
And I’ll spend forever, do all that I can
To prove I’m Not The Devil you think that I am
And I’m not the devil
And it’s gonna get hard, for it gets easy, I oughta know
I hear the voice of Jesus and I hear the devil talkin’
Just the same
And it seems they’re tryin’ to talk over each other
Any given day
I’ve lived the words in red so many times
By now I thought that I might see
I guess I’m sayin’ this life just ain’t the way
I thought that it might be
I been wanderin’ down the hallways
Ya’ll roads just like some kid out skippin’ school
By the time that I was seventeen
I figured I was done with all the rules
I turn 35 this year and I’m still runnin’ hard
For somethin’ I can’t see
The only thing in life that’s guaranteed
There are no guarantees
And it’s gonna get hard for it gets easy, I oughta know
It’s gonna take a lotta rain, for the seed you planted, starts to grow
The more I know, the more I know that I don’t know
I know nothin’s free
And there ain’t no guarantees
The more I know, the more I know that I don’t know
I know nothin’s free
And there ain’t no guarantees
And it’s gonna get hard for it gets easy, I oughta know
It’s gonna take a lotta rain, for the seed you planted, starts to grow
The more I know, the more I know that I don’t know
I know nothin’s free
And there ain’t no guarantees
My whole view of the word has changed
I guess that comes with age
I don’t believe there’s good in every man
Like I did back then
I may drink more than I should
You’ve seen me on the floor
Spend my lifetime in this cage, I built around me
Bangin’ on the doors
And no words
Could ever say how much I need you
With you here
You make this life I lead worth living
Heaven knows I broke your heart
I can’t take that away
All I’m worth is just this promise that I’ve made to you
To stand beside you just like you have stood beside me
And no words
Could ever say how much I need you
With you here
You make this life I lead worth living
You could be much better off
God knows without me
And that’s why
I just can’t find the words
You could be much better off
God knows without me
And that’s why
I just can’t find the words
The dark places I go
Ain’t just on the road
‘Tween the lines, ‘tween the years it’s the same
Never did understand
As a much younger man
Why I felt such a need to go
But I learned that it’s all in my head
I can’t stop whatever’s turnin’, with that being said
I got a bad tortured soul
For reasons I don’t know
Guess for some, it’s just meant to be
But I remember Mathew 5
And I’m thankful to be alive
And I know those people on that mountain were a lot like me
I’ve been down and not had a dollar to my name
But there’s angels there that got me through, and I can do the same
When you give all you can
When you give all you can
When you give all you can, give some more
Till you spend all your time
Till you spend your last dime
Tell me brother, what are you livin for
What are you livin for
I’ve been down and not had a dollar to my name
But there’s angels there that got me through
Hell, I can do the same
When you give all you can
When you give all you can
When you give all you can, give some more
Till you spend all your time
Till you spend your last dime
Tell me brother, what are you livin for
What are you livin for
What are you livin for
What are you livin for
What are you livin for
What are you livin for?
Give all you can
What are you livin for?
What are you livin for?
Give all you can
What are you livin for?
What are you livin for?
What are you livin for?
Doors open when she smiles
She moves mountains with her mind
She’s all mine
She’s all mine
She’s that Fort Worth Texas girl
She’s every girl in the world
She’s all mine
She’s all mine
The Devil tells me lies most every night
But I don’t wander through the darkness
She’s my light
She’s an angel with no disguise
Lord knows I’ve made her cry
But she’s still mine
She’s all mine
If it can be done son, she can
She makes me a better man
She’s all mine
She’s all mine
The Devil tells me lies most every night
But I don’t wander through the darkness
She’s my light
She might tell you it’s not that hard, that’s her lie
If there’s one thing to hold against her, it is I
The Devil tells me lies, most every night
I don’t wander through the darkness
She’s my light
She might tell you it’s not that hard, that’s her lie
If there’s one thing to hold against her, it is I
Doors open when she smiles
She moves mountains with her might
Wish I was down, on some blue bayou
With a bamboo cane, stuck in the sand
But the road I’m on, it don’t seem to go there
So I’ll just dream and keep on bein’ the way I am
Wish I enjoyed, what makes my living
Did what I do, with a willin’ hand
Some would run, no but that ain’t like me
So I’ll just dream and keep on bein’ the way I am
The way I am, don’t fit my shackles
The way I am, reality
I can almost see, that bobber dancin’
So I’ll just dream and keep on bein’ the way I am
The way I am, don’t fit my shackles
The way I am, reality
I can almost see that bobber dancin’
So I’ll just dream and keep on bein’ the way I am
So I’ll just dream and keep on bein’ the way I am
Well I’m an eighteen wheeler with the throttle pinned down
And a brake line cut just a-screamin’ through your town
Well I’m a runaway ghost train with no way left to stop
Well I’m a nightmare that comes from your California dreamin’
With your bloodshot eyes thinkin’ nothin’s what it’s seemin’
I’m a Bradbury story, spreadin’ like a fire from hell
No I never met a lesson I didn’t learn well
I get wound up and found up in places you’ll never see
I was born to be a God-fearin’ song-singin’, good-timin’
Son of a son of an SOB
I never set out to hurt anybody, you see
I just set out to chase that song that’s chasin’ me
Well I’m a late night thunder tryin’ to raise the dead
Well I’m a pound and the haze in your whiskey trippin’ head
Well I’m the cough in your first smoke, go on and load that gun
I’m a thirteen-squared, I’m a 13 twice
Just a black cat walkin’ on thin black ice
I’m a Jinks Lord, I can’t help it I was born half bad
Some times I can’t remember they’re the best I’ve had
I get wound up and found up in places you’ll never see
I was born to be a God-fearin’ song-singin’, good-timin’
Son of a son of an SOB
I never set out to hurt anybody, you see
I just set out to chase that song that’s chasin’ me
I get wound up and found up in places you’ll never see
I was born to be a God-fearin’ song-singin’, good-timin’
Son of a son of an SOB
I never set out to hurt anybody, you see
I just set out to chase that song now it’s chasin’ me
I set out to chase that song
Out to chase that song
I set out to chase that song now it’s chasin’ me
I can’t think of one damn thing to say
Stuck where I’m going
Stuck in a lot of ways
Tell me it still matters In a world in vain
Pissing in the wind
Screaming about the same old things
Time stands still every now and then, then it’s gone
Wondering what you did
Wondering what you did all wrong
Hindsight’s 20/20 when you’re, lookin’ back
Looking out ahead
All I see is black
The train jumped track some time ago
You can’t root that heavy load
It’s all downhill from now
And sure we paid the toll
Train jumped track some time ago
The train jumped track some time ago
You can’t root that heavy load
It’s all downhill from now
And sure we paid the toll
Train jumped track some time ago
I heard the voice of the fourth beast say
Come and see
And I looked and behold a pale horse
And his name that sat on him was death
And hell followed with him
The train jumped track some time ago
You can’t root that heavy load
It’s all downhill from now
And sure we paid the toll
Train jumped track some time ago
It’s all downhill from now
Forever paying that toll
The train jumped track some time ago
When the canvas is no longer blank
And the colors have all turned grey
When the desert that you’re in gets too cold for you to stay
When it’s hard to tell the night from the day
When your hands have lost the love for the trade
And the reasons for the work, just ain’t the same
When you put down the money, is the blood worth all the pain
When you can’t see the sunshine for the rain
Livin’ ain’t a promise
Livin’ ain’t a right
And no one here is gettin’ out alive
So pick up all your pieces
Cast the doubt away
Rediscover, the color in the grey
Rediscover, all the color, in the grey
Livin’ ain’t a promise
Livin’ ain’t a right
No one here is gettin’ out alive
So pick up all your pieces
Cast the doubt away
Rediscover, the color in the grey
Rediscover, all the color, in the grey
My favorite memories, are some of my first
Like a Sunday night meetin’ at an old country church
Sometimes my grandparents would come and take me
To an old country church house, on Gaylor Creek
We all knew our neighbors, everyone there was friends
And the preacher worked the timber, like all other men
We were baptized by water, we were washed in the blood
I don’t remember much money, but recall lots of love
That church was a long time ago
I’m talkin’ distance and years
I’m not for certain that I could even get there from here
But on nights when I’m sober and not blinded, by all that I see
My mind washes up, at that church, on Gaylor Creek
So many bar rooms, so many strangers
Women, whiskey, so many dangers
That old honky tonk highway, that’s a wild horse you rope
Son, I’ve seen enough neon, to circle the globe
That church was a long time ago
I’m talkin’ distance and years
I’m not for certain that I could even get there from here
But on nights when I’m sober and not blinded, by all that I see
My mind washes up, at that church, on Gaylor Creek
My mind washes up, at that church, on Gaylor Creek
Where does time go, It’s gone away
Time was on my side, yesterday
So much can change, between then and now
Where does time go
Where do dreams die, along the way
Dreams are all we had, yesterday
Who told all the vampires of the world
They were welcome anyway
Where do dreams die
Who gave who the message
Who gave who the hands of time
Who gave who the job to take, reason and the rhyme
Like another Holden Caulfield
I’m a Catcher in the Rye
Who told who to take the dreams out back to die
Who told who to take the dreams out back to die
Who gave who the message
Who gave who the hands of time
Who gave who the job to take, reason and the rhyme
Like another Holden Caulfield
I’m a Catcher in the Rye
Who told who to take the dreams out back to die
Who told who to take the dreams out back to die
Who gave who the message
Who gave who the hands of time
Who gave who the message
Who gave who the hands of time
Who told all the vampires of the world
They were welcome anyway
Well hand me down, hand me down
Come on, come on, hand me down
Hand me down, hand me down
Come on, come on, hand me down
Hand me down my evenin’ news
Hand me down your point of view
Hand me down those rich man’s wars
Hand me down what it’s all for
Hand me down your politicians
Handed down by hypocrites
Hand me down false laws of man
Hand me down your latest brand
Well hand me down, hand me down
Come on, come on, hand me down
Hand me down, hand me down
Come on, come on, hand me down
The good times came, the good times gone
Hand me down what went wrong
Hand me down for I’m ashamed
Truth brings life and life brings slain
Well hand me down, hand me down
Come on, come on, hand me down
Hand me down, hand me down
Come on, come on, hand me down
Hand me down my weekly tithe
Hand me down your thoughts on life
Hand me down that book to read
That’s the handout that I need
Well hand me down, hand me down
Come on, come on, hand me down
Hand me down, hand me down
Come on, come on, hand me down
The good times came, good times gone
Hand me down what went wrong
Hand me down for I’m ashamed
Truth brings life and life brings slain
California’s still on fire
And it don’t rain no more in Texas
There’s a few less ice caps way up north of here
Mother Russia stays pissed-off
Yeah, she’s got some big old bombs
Still throwin’ around her weight after all these years
And the price of gasoline is enough to make you scream
Yeah, the cost of livin’ goes up and the pay goes down
I don’t care what’s right or left, y’all
I’m just out here with the rest
In the middle class, that still means broke to me
What else is new? I’m tellin’ you
I’m tellin’ what the blue collar man is goin’ thru
We don’t let no bad news hang around
It’s the same old situation
All the problems facin’ our great nation
So to hell to all those bringin’ that bad news down
And the politicians will never know
How to let their egos go
No, they could not give two damns ’bout you and me
Yeah, but they still got their pensions
With some tactics they’d rather not mention
That’s the price we pay for them livin’ free
What else is new? I’m tellin’ you
All the trouble a blue collar man is goin’ thru
We don’t let no bad news hang around
It’s the same old situation
All the problems facin’ our great nation
So to hell to all those bringin’ that bad news down
What else is new? I’m tellin’ you
All the trouble a blue collar man is goin thru
We don’t let no bad news hang around
It’s the same old situation
All the problems facin’ our great nation
So to hell to all those bringin’ that bad news down
All to hell with all those bringin’ that bad news down
All to hell with all those bringin’ that bad news down
I got a half a six pack of Old Milwaukee
And a half a bag of weed
I can’t do it like I did when I was a kid
This is all I’m going to need
Because I know you always worry about me drinking my dinner
But I don’t do that anymore
I got me a sweet girl at home
She’s keeping food on the table
And at night she keeps me warm
So I’ve got me this piece of paper
And I got my favorite pen
I know it’s been a little while
And talking’s not my style
So I just had to write my friend
Hey I’m doing alright Mamma
I’m ok, I know your late night talks with Jesus
Have helped me on my way
I know it wasn’t always easy
Raising my father’s son
And your son will be alright
If the shows keep comin’
This old guitar and me are still strummin’
I know you always knew I always took it way too far
But I’m doing alright now Mamma
I’m doing alright now Mamma
I’m doing alright now Mamma
I’m doing ok
You remember the time when I was stuck in L.A.
And I didn’t have a job
And I didn’t have a way to pay the bills that I racked up
Yeah, you kept me from losing my truck
Yeah, I’m a little better off now
Than I was then
But it’s sure nice to see you calling me when
I’m out there on the road
Yeah, you calling to say have a good show
Hey I’m doing alright Mamma
I’m ok, I know your late night talks with Jesus
Have helped me on my way
I know it wasn’t always easy
Raising my father’s son
And your son will be alright
If the shows keep comin’
This old guitar and me are still strummin’
I know you always knew I always took it way too far
But I’m doing alright now Mamma
I’m doing alright now Mamma
I’m doing alright now Mamma
I’m doing ok
I cast no stones
I build no walls
And I tell the truth
The truth comes to call
And I try to walk
That narrow way
Sometimes I go over the lines
And I won’t make it back till the next day
But I cast no stones
What gives you the right
To tell me my business
Good God man your out of your mind
So put up your Bible
Or let me get mine
I’m not draggin’ the whole world to hell
You’re wasting my time
I don’t talk with Jesus
As much as I should
I don’t read that good book
Everyday like I could
But I like to stop
At the end of the day
I pray that I hurt nobody
And somebody new found their way
But I cast no stones
What gives you the right
To tell me my business
Good God man your out of your mind
So put up your Bible
Or let me get mine
I’m not draggin’ the whole world to hell
You’re wasting my time
But I cast no stones
What gives you the right
To tell me my business
Good God man your out of your mind
So put up your Bible
Or let me get mine
I’m not draggin’ the whole world to hell
You’re wasting my time
Say a prayer for me brother
And I’ll see you on down the line
I’ve been gone for way too long
And I’ve been working way too hard
And I know, it’s taking it’s toll on you
But tonight I’ll make things right
By the fire with some candlelight
And I’ll tell you
What we’re gonna do
We’re not going out
We’re gonna stay right here at home
There won’t be anyone in the world
When we’re all alone
We’re gonna
Lay the worries back and love until we’re back on track
If you’ll just give me this chance
Move the couch, lock the door, socks move well on a hardwood floor
And we’re gonna dance
We’re gonna dance
The rush of life can get you down
If you let it, it runs you to the ground
But that’s just life
We’re not going out, we’re gonna stay right here at home
There won’t be anyone in the world
When we’re all alone
We’re gonna
Lay the worries back and love until we’re back on track
If you’ll just give me this chance
Move the couch, lock the door, socks move well on a hardwood floor
And we’re gonna dance
We’re gonna dance
Tell me old man, where have you been
I’ve been reading those stories, about chasing the wind
I guess I’ve come back with one or two
I’ve never really quite known what to do
Tell me old man, what are you looking for
Has it been worth all you’ve given and so much more
Sometimes the things we seek skew the point
Sometimes the whole damn world seems out of joint
And it makes me wonder
And it makes me want to live
So I’ll steal freedom while there’s still some
And take the whole world in
If I could only leave my worries with the birds of the wind
And I know one day there’ll be solace
So I’ll just live ‘til then
If I could only leave my worries with the birds of the wind
Old man I know you’ve had questions too
The same ones we’ve been askin’ of you
You just roll on back out of sight
Stealin’ away again, like a child in the night
Still full of wonder
And you still want to live
You steal freedom while there’s still some
And take the whole world in
You’ve learned to leave your worries with the birds of the wind
And you know one day there’ll be solace
So you’ll just live ‘til then
And you learn to leave your worries with the birds of the wind
If I could only leave my worries with the birds of the wind
Loud thunder heavy rain
Thin line between joy and pain
It’s a long strange trip it’s all insane
You ain’t never gonna be the same
Living life through the night
Thin line of a lightning strike
Sometimes the only light
When the moon is tucked away
Pistons pumpin’
Minds are racin’
It’s hard to sleep man
When I’m shakin’
Bad news surrounds me
Its always found me
Creeping up when things are good
Yeah the dark days find a way
Loud thunder heavy rain
Thin line between joy and pain
It’s a long strange trip it’s all insane
You ain’t never gonna be the same
Living life through the night
Thin line of a lightning strike
Sometimes the only light
When the moon is tucked away
The camera captures
All the things that
Make us turn from
What we see
It’s always moving
It don’t stop rolling
I haven’t slept in three damn days
Yeah, but who needs that anyway
Loud thunder heavy rain
Thin line between joy and pain
It’s a long strange trip it’s all insane
You ain’t never gonna be the same
Living life through the night
Thin line of a lightning strike
Sometimes the only light
When the moon is tucked away
Loud thunder heavy rain
Thin line between joy and pain
It’s a long strange trip it’s all insane
You ain’t never gonna be the same
Living life through the night
Thin line of a lightning strike
Sometimes the only light
When the moon is tucked away
Loud thunder heavy rain
Loud thunder heavy rain
Thin line between joy and pain
A long strange trip it’s all insane
You ain’t never gonna be the same
Loud thunder heavy rain
Loud thunder heavy rain
My friend David, was a good kid
He had my back, always knew he did
He was different than most
And maybe I was too
Hanging out with the in-crowd just wasn’t our thing
There was a whole lot more
Than we could see on these plains
Well, some people just seem to get stuck, and hang around
It’s college or trade school for those with the means
There’s never been any small town for those in between
Yeah the poor folks they go to work, or they go to war
I did fifteen hundreds days in the corps
And I got back, nothing looked the same anymore
I got on with the local police, it just seemed to fit
Things have changed
By then David had a daughter and a son
And a rap sheet to prove all the time that he’d done
He was just a burned out beat down shell of my old friend
And on a three day binge he was speeding through town
And I bumped the wailers just to try and slow him down
He didn’t know that it was me, and he took off
Oh how things change
And I found his truck in the floodplain upside down
It was a hell of a rain I don’t know if he’d drowned
Or if he died on impact, it must have rolled three times
Yeah, the only thing to make matters worse
Is that his mama’s a late night ER nurse
And he was DOA, she just about lost her mind
David’s wife drops by every once in a while
And childhood stories always make her smile
But somehow we always go back to that day
And I found his truck in the floodplain upside down
It was a hell of a rain, I don’t know if he’d drowned
Or if he died on impact, it must have rolled three times
Yeah, the only thing to make matters worse
Is that his mama’s a late night ER nurse
And he was DOA, she just about lost her mind
Ain’t it the times
You’re thinking of leavin’ tonight
Go on and go
If you’re sure it’s the right thing to do
You know I was never the kind for draggin’ things out
And I thought neither were you
It hurts me to see you unhappy, and it hurts me to know
It’s me that’s made you that way
So maybe it’s me that should go
So you don’t go on hatin’
Us both for just one more day
Out on the line walkin’ the tightrope
It ain’t always easy
But I’ve always been true
You don’t have to tell me
If you’d done any different
God only knows it’s how this one goes
Is it me or you
If I may just leave you one question
What took so long
What’s kept you around all this time
If I’d known somethin’ was wrong
I might could’a changed things
it’s too late and it seems that I’m blind
I’ve been so wrong for so long
With no way of knowing, what for
At least I’d have tried if I’d known
But it don’t matter, anymore
Out on the line walkin’ the tightrope
It ain’t always easy
But I’ve always been true
You don’t have to tell me
If you’d done any different
God only knows it’s how this one goes
Is it me or you
God only knows it’s how this one goes
Is it me or you?
Some folks like to look, they like to point
They like to push, they like to shove
Some folks like to talk about the things they have
The things they love
But things are that, just things, and I don’t give a damn
I must seem trite
I’m not that old, I’m not too young
I’m not too smart, I sure ain’t dumb
I walked around and round and round, most every place
I’ve been found and all I’ve found
Is most places usually seem the same to me
And I talk to people off the street, my line of work
I tend to meet the kind of folk that seem like-minded
Those of us just trying to find our way
So let’s just meet up at some place
We can sort it out
And I talk with people off the street, my line of work
I tend to meet the kind of folk that seem like-minded
Those of us just trying to find our way
So let’s just meet up at some place
We can sort it out
This God-forsaken world, it chews you up and spits you out
It scuffs your shoes, it takes most everything you got
And then it tries you with the blues
But that’s alright
The blues is somethin’ proves that you still feel
Some folks like to look, they like to point
They like to push, they like to shove
Some folks like to talk about the things they have
The things they love
But things are that, just things, and I don’t give a damn
And I’m alright
It’s been a too long time with no peace of mind
I’m ready for the times to get better
I’ve got to tell you I’ve been racking my brain
Hopin’ to find a way out
I’ve had enough of this continual rain
Changes are comin’ no doubt
It’s been a too long time with no peace of mind
And I’m ready for the times to get better
You seem to want from me what I cannot give
I feel so lonesome at times
I have a dream that I wish I could live
It’s burning holes in my mind
It’s been a too long time with no peace of mind
And I’m ready for the times to get better
It’s been a too long time with no peace of mind
And I’m ready for the times to get better
Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
It’s been a too long time with no peace of mind
I’m ready for the times to get better
It’s been a too long time with no peace of mind
I’m ready for the times to get better
Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
I remember that summer
I was ten years old
When our days, ceased to shine
No, you could not take a breath
When those black blizzards came
Strippin’ land, in dire need of rain
There was dirt on the floor
As mama swept all day long
Leavin’ trails of tears and mud down her face
There was dirt in our beds
And there was dirt in our clothes
And there was dirt, in the little that we ate
We had heard about the market’s fall
A couple years before
But the fields and the harvest all seemed fine
Sometimes the things that kill us
That which we don’t know
That strip the land of everything but pride
Stay close together
That’s all we knew to get by
I recall a helpless feelin’
First time that I saw my father cry
Lookin’ back on everything we had, on everything we lost
Still makes me wonder, was stayin’ worth the cost
Alot of town folk up and left
They boarded up the schools and banks and the churches
And that to me, was wrong
Come next year it would be better
Will the last one standin’ tall before the walls
Show the most resolve
They announced the New Deal
With the Conservation Act and then the Relief Fund
But we were on our knees
There was little hope by then
So we just stood there in that line
And we thanked the man for that little bit of cheese
Stay close together
That’s all we knew to get by
And I recall a helpless feelin’
The first time that I saw my father cry
Lookin’ back on everything we had, on everything we lost
Still makes me wonder, was stayin’ worth the cost?
I don’t wanna rock and roll no more
At least not the way I did, back before
That life tried to kill me
To tell the truth it never thrilled me
I don’t wanna rock and roll no more
I don’t wanna rock and roll
I don’t need that whiskey anymore
Least not the way I did back before
That stuff tried to kill me
To tell the truth it never thrilled me
I don’t want that whiskey anymore
I don’t need that whiskey
I don’t mean to disappoint you
But there’s chance I’m going to
Some people only like me when I’m stoned
Yeah the crowd was a whole lot bigger
But I just can’t remember
I don’t need that whiskey anymore
I don’t need that whiskey
I don’t wanna miss you anymore
I just want you right here in my arms
This ol’ life still trying to kill me
You’re the only thing that’s filled me
I don’t wanna miss you anymore
I don’t wanna miss you
And I don’t mean to disappoint you
But you know I’m goin to
Sometimes I’d lay it all down and come back home
Yeah, the crowd was a whole lot bigger
When you were right there in the center
I don’t wanna miss you anymore
I don’t need that whiskey anymore
I don’t wanna rock and roll
Big iron wheels keep on rollin’
Big iron wheels turnin’ ‘round
From my home I am leavin’
Headed for another town
I left a girl back in the country
For the city and the pay
Reachin’ out for fame and fortune
But I’ll go back again some day
Big iron wheels keep on rollin’
Big iron wheels turnin’ ‘round
From my home I am leavin’
Headed for another town
Feel the rhythm and the motion
Hear the rumble, hear the roar
Headed for some destination
That I’ve never seen before
Cold iron slappin’ on the steel rails
The sky outside is cold and pale
The snow is heavy comin’ down now
As the mountain winds away
Big iron wheels keep on rollin’
big iron wheels turnin’ ‘round
To the sunshine I’m returning
To kiss the girl in my hometown
To kiss the girl in my hometown
To kiss the girl from my hometown
My old friend
I’ll see you again another day
We can talk and laugh and drink the night away
Like we did, my old friend
When we were kids
No, you did not have a home so you hung around
And stay up all night long and we’d pretend
That we were dead, when we were kids
You grew up harder than I did
You found the nightlife, you drug us both in
And we raised cane like rasin’ cane was goin’ out
‘Cause we never thought much about gettin’ old anyway
Now I’m findin’ that I wish I could go back once again
My old friend
No, you never let me down as years went by
You went on your way and I went mine
Like the wind, my old friend
You grew old faster than I did
You know that nightlife will do you in
And you raised cane until the cane was all burned out
Now I hope for both our sakes that I grow old
And I’m still findin’ that I wish I could go back once again
My old friend
I’ll see you again another day
We can talk and laugh and bow our heads and pray
Like we did, my old friend
My old friend
My old friend
My old friend
They ask black sheep of a black sheep’s son
Have you any wool, and I say no sir
I gave it all away
I’m a black sheep of a black sheep
And I’ve been one many times
But that don’t make me anybody’s fool
I gave most to Christ Jesus for saving my soul
For that bet with the devil who lives down below
There’s been some for my mother, my father
My sister, my brothers, my son, my daughter, my lover
There’s been some for that homeless man
That I watched die in some ally
With a slit wrist I went home to cry
There’s been some for my buddies fightin’
In some rich man’s war
Yeah they gave all they could
We don’t sing no more
I stand naked and cold as the crowd gathers ‘round
I stand naked and cold as the crowd gathers ‘round
I stand naked and cold as the crowd gathers ‘round
They ask black sheep of a black sheep’s son
Where have you been
We’ve been worried, we’ve been in need
I’ve been hidin’ on the pathways
Biding my time amongst the wolves hungry to feed
Well I give what I can nature of man
Just needs war so what can I say
Yeah I’ll die someday stripped
Havin’ given all the gifts I’ve received
That is my pain
I stand naked and cold as the crowd gathers ‘round
I stand naked and cold as the crowd gathers ‘round
I stand naked and cold as the crowd gathers ‘round
Black sheep of a black sheep’s son
Have you any wool, and I say yeah
I saved some for you
Locked him up back in ’69
On clear Kentucky shine
Then again in ’87, cornbread, smoke fed
The Marion county line
It is time, he did his time
Thirteen of twenty served
and that far outweighed his crime
He came back a wiser man
he came back to do what he’d do
He’d do it every time
It is time, He did his time
When they came bustin’ in last year
Like a smoke ring he’s up and gone
But he wouldn’t have to go too far
When the folks ’round here
They don’t trust no law, no way
Hey run, Johnny, run
Hey run, Johnny, run
Hey now run now, run, Johnny run
A man’s worries’ all he’s got
A man’s law don’t mean a damn
To the down home southern folk
Who live by the law of the land, not Uncle Sam
It’s their land, it’s our land
No one knows who you’re talkin’ ‘bout
No one’s seen, they’ve all gone blind
Knowin’ he’ll be back some day
To do what he’d do, what he’d do
He’d do it every time, it is time
No more time
And they’re still chasin’ down old ghosts
And they’re still askin’ on deaf ears
But he wouldn’t have to go too far
When the folks ’round here
They don’t trust no law, no way
Hey run, Johnny, run
Hey run, Johnny run
Hey now run now, run, Johnny run
Never mind no song, keep your head down, boy
Run, Johnny run
You can rest at my place when the day is done
Hey now, run Johnny, run now run, Johnny run
Hey now, run now, run Johnny run
Never mind no song, keep your head down, boy
Run, Johnny run
You can rest at my place when the day is done
Little train, little train just a rollin’ down the track
Little train, little train ain’t even lookin’ back
Little train, little train you’re carryin’ my heart away
Little train, I’m singin’ you a mournful song
With my hands in the air till the black smoke’s gone
Little train I won’t be seein’ you too soon
I hear you’re headed out west, my, the weather’s been bad
Watch the floods in the canyon, lift the mud from the track
Little train don’t you know it’s dangerous out there
Tell your shotgun rider there’s a beef on the loose
But an extra gun on the old caboose
Little train make sure my baby’s safe and sound
Roll on, little engine, roll on down the line
You’re carryin’ my baby away
And I’ll cry to the four winds until your safe return
When you bring back my baby to stay
Won’t you make her stay?
When her business is done won’t you call her on back
Won’t you let a long whistle out your old smokestack
Little train, I’m afraid that city’s caught her eye
Little train, little train don’t you go too fast
Don’t you go too slow just keep her on track
Little train won’t you flash your headlamps when you’re near
Roll on, little engine, roll on back down the line
You’re carryin’ my baby away
I cried out to the four winds upon your safe return
When you bring back my baby to stay
No never take her away
Little train, little train just a rollin’ down the track
Little train, little train ain’t even lookin’ back
Little train, little train you’re carryin’ my heart away
Little train, I’m singin’ you a mournful song
With my hands in the air till the black smoke’s gone
Little train I won’t be seein’ you too soon
I didn’t wanna shoot that man
But he heard that I was fast
You know that liquor gave him the courage
To put a man to the ground
But nobody saw
I couldn’t claim no self-defense
So I took off with the morning sun,
Running from my sins
I ended up in every town
Where all the bad men go
And they’ve been running just like me
Someone always knows
He’ll say, “Ain’t you the man who shot that boy?”
Who wanted his turn to dance
So will I die in some street that night
No never had a chance
I never meant to be a bad man
I just had a fast hand
Ain’t going to be nothing in hell
I haven’t lived through here
I’m just going to walk out
and wish you all goodnight
I never meant to be a bad man
I just had a fast hand
I ended up in Fort Worth
‘Cause no one knows me here
And time has a funny way
of taken away the years
But I don’t mind the changes
Or the age that’s in my face
Because there is a piece of my soul
In every man I’ve killed
In every God forsaken place
Never meant to be a bad man
I just had a fast hand
Ain’t going to be nothing in hell
I haven’t lived through here
I’m just going to walk out
yeah tonight I’ll save your life
I never meant to be a bad man
I just had a fast hand
It’s a long, hard, and a windin’ road to where I am right now
A lot of days I wish I could change, but I can’t figure how
‘Cause all them places I’ve been, the things that I’ve seen
I’d be better off dead than goin’ there again
And I’ve been caught somewhere in between
A memory and a dream
Well, I’ve been screamin’ at the world
Since the time that I could talk
Well, I’ve been runnin’ into walls
Since the day that I could walk
‘Cause all them bottles I’ve drank, never mind the smoke
Man, the years are gangin’ up on me, but I’m a holdin’ onto hope
And I’m still caught somewhere in between
A memory and a dream
Yeah, ten years gone, I’ve been around the world
And somehow, I always wind up here
It must be this company I keep, oh that takes me back
And gets me on my feet
Yeah, my life is still exactly what it seems
A memory and a dream
Yeah, ten years gone, I’ve been around the world
And somehow, I always wind up here
Must be this company I keep, oh that takes me back
And gets me on my feet
Yeah, my life is still exactly what it seems
A memory and a dream
Yeah, my life is still exactly what it seems
A memory and a dream
It’s a long, hard, and a windin’ road
to where I am right now
A lot of days I wish I could change
but I can’t figure how
I stopped by a place I used to know
But nobody knew my name
And I felt out of place and out of time
But I had one just the same
The new bartender did not seem to care
About a story of back then
It’s gettin’ hard to find ’em, have you seen ’em?
I’m lookin’ for a friend
It’s been a time round here, just gettin’ by
Things are hard and nothin’s new
And I’ve been waitin’ for that sun to break on a cloudy afternoon
Yeah, this winter’s been much colder
Than the ones I knew back then
It’s gettin’ hard to find ’em, have you seen ’em?
I’m lookin’ for a friend
And I go down the road and back again
It’s hard rememberin’ where I’ve been
And I ain’t changed
It seems the world took off
And left me, that’s the way it goes
It’s a lonely road the dreamer follows
Like Peter Pan in Neverland, all alone
And I’m still singin’ for my supper, like I’ve always done
But now the business and the politics have taken most the fun
But I’ll be out there chasin’ sundown
And I’ll be home in God knows when
I’m lookin’ out to find one, I’m hopin’ I might see one
I’m lookin’ for a friend
And I go down the road and back again
It’s hard rememberin’ where I’ve been
And I ain’t changed
It seems the world took off
And left me, that’s the way it goes
It’s a lonely road the dreamer follows
Like Peter Pan in Neverland, all alone
I stopped by a place I used to know
But nobody knew my name
Stayin’ burnt out all the time
Well that’s a good way for you to lose your mind
Stayin’ low for too damn long
Well, that’s enough to wanna get high
I’m not saying what’s right or wrong
Some folks need a little help gettin’ along
I can’t judge, Lord, I’ve been stoned
But I know Jesus knows
And I get by
And I get by
We all get by
By the grace of God we all get by
Yeah, my momma introduced me to God as a child
You know my dad, he does his livin’ a little less mild
He’d rather sing those gospel songs on the front porch anyway
My baby sister, she married a man
On the other side of where dad and I land
We laugh and joke and give him hell
But he loves that little girl
And they get by
And they get by
We all get by
By the grace of God we all get by
And everybody’s waiting on that day when all is right
And we’ve still got each other
To make it through another night
Everybody’s waiting on that time when all is right
We still got each other
To make it through another night
This corner bar is not a house of sin
It’s a place where all of us fit in
I’ve seen the same faces Saturday night
As I have on Sunday morning
And Brother John’s there sipping his drink
You know he don’t care what the others might think
He’ll laughs and joke and finds it funny
That the others all drink alone at home
And he gets by
And he gets by
We all get by
By the grace of God we all get by
Stayin’ burnt out all the time
Well, that’s a good way for you to lose your mind
Stayin’ low for too damn long
Well that’s enough to wanna get high
Yonder way, in the distance
Thunderheads comin’ down
Yesterday the sky was golden
The days before, well they’d been good
Every one that goes up, must come down
It’s gravity
But staying grounded, safely still
Robs the wanderer of bein’ afraid
Hammer down as you quest, friend
To pick up speed through that next town
I point my face into the wind, friend
To exorcise the tragedies
That come of my free will
The comin’ down from the mountain
Trips me up and makes me feel
Like I can never find my way
Back to the top
And if Jesus calls before I wake
I’ll consider that my break
And I will ask for nothin’ nevermore
Nevermore, no no, nevermore
Valley roads, they lay hidden
In the bottoms, without much light
And it gets easy to lose direction
To hide with shadows, to wait for night
And every one that goes down
Should get back up and start to heaven
But staying grounded, safely still
In the arms of God becomes your will
Take your time as you start up, friend
Enjoy the view atop the rung
Point your face into the sky, friend
Smilin’, oh that mean ol’ Devil
Sure don’t like the sun
No he sure don’t like it none
Comin’ down from the mountain trips me up
And makes me feel like I can never
Find my way back to the top
And if Jesus calls before I wake
I’ll consider that my break
And I will ask for nothin’ never more
Nevermore, no no, nevermore
Comin’ down from the mountain trips me up
And makes me feel like I can never
Find my way back to the top
And if Jesus calls before I wake
I’ll consider that my break
And I will ask for nothin’ nevermore
Nevermore, no no, nevermore
13 years this spring, we’ve been together
And I recall more good than bad
Lately, you’ve been showin’ signs you no longer like me
I don’t have to tell you I’ve been sad
It’s been good and off domestic situation
You’ve been my rock all through the years
Now I’ve got to find a way to change our dispositions
Well, I’m tired of fightin’ back my tears
I don’t know what I’ve done to bring you down
And you won’t even look at me
And I feel unwelcome in my own house
But I’m still the same old me
Yeah, the other day you were thinkin’ about leavin’
And I told you then I don’t want that
But then you brought it up again, like I’d forgotten
That wall sure feels cold against my back
You point that gun long enough at somebody
And they’ll holler “shoot”
“Go on, pull that trigger, I’m tired of playin’”
The hell that comes with not knowin’
If you’re really leavin’
Is worse than if that day may come itself
I don’t know what I’ve done to bring you down
But you won’t even look at me
And I feel unwelcome in my own house
But I’m still the same old me
13 years this spring, we’ve been together
I still recall more good than bad
All the people ask me where I’ve been
Where I’m from, where I’m from
Down the muddy banks to a place
Out on the edge of town
I’ve been down, I’ve been down
To the Prairie House
Lay your money down on the barrel head
By the door, with your gun
You won’t need your gun
And don’t you cross the Reverend
On a Thursday night in a game of stud
Son, you’re gonna lose, you’re gonna lose
The doorman knew
So here’s to you and I at the end of the day
Forgiving all the wrongs we’ve made
We can set them up and lay them all down
Singing this is where we’re bound
Where we’re bound
Yeah, the judge’s wife sits behind the bar
And she’ll set them up she’ll set you straight,
she’ll set you straight
Oh, the sheriff is a bluesman and he’ll sing a song
Sing along, sing along
Sing with every song
Here’s to you and I at the end of the day
Forgiving all the wrongs we’ve made
We can set them up and lay them all down
Singing “this is where we’re bound”
Where we’re bound
Oh Lord, please walk with us
On our not so narrow way
Oh Lord, please be with us
Can’t you hear this old house pray?
The good guys always win
And we’re all forgivin’ of our sins
And the whole world smiles when a child is born
And everyone’s color blind
And my God and your God are one of kind
Who wants a holy war anyway?
There’s just a few things I’d be glad to say
There’s no homeless on our streets
There’s no crooked politicians takin’ money from me
And the banks look out for the little man
We’re all of the ones that care
The teachers and the nurses, we’ve made ’em millionaires
And the lawyers all work pro bono
There’s just a few things I’d be glad to say
And time will find the reasons
The where’s, the why’s, and all that lead us
Seeking shelter, seeking truth
I find it’s harder with age
All the childhood things that we threw away
They were just pieces of our innocence
I find it’s harder with age
All the childhood things that we threw away
They were just pieces of our innocence
I don’t miss those cigarettes
And I never drink to try to forget
And this old world is still a damn fine place
There’s just a few things I’d be glad to say
And time will find the reason
The where, the why’s, and all that lead us
Seeking shelter, seeking truth
I find it’s harder with age
All the childhood things that we’ve put away
They were just pieces of our innocence
The good guys always win
And we’re all forgivin’ of our sins
And the whole world smiles when a child is born
Here’s to you, my lady bug
You’re my gift from God above
Precious little angel child
Come, be still with me a while
It rained for weeks before you came
How do you know I love the rain
The whole world changed when you found yours
No, nothin’ new would be the same
Never fear child
I’m right here child
Lady bug
Here’s to you my wild flower
May you stand the tests of time
Dark days come, and dark days pass
Just keep reaching for that sun
Always grow child
And always know child
Wild flower
Here’s to you, my blue-eyed girl
It’s your time to change the world
Freely give the gifts you bring
Whoa learn to laugh, child, dance and sing
Be yourself child
Find yourself child
My blue-eyed girl
So here’s to you, my lady bug
Come be still with me a while
This old guitar
Is gonna smell like this bar tomorrow
Yeah, the smell is all it gets, I take the pay
But when I open up that case, we remember the night before
This old guitar
Is gonna smell like this bar tomorrow
And my old truck
She was new about a year ago
Yeah, she’s lived an old truck’s lifetime, carryin’ me down the road
When I turn that engine over, she’s ready and willin’ to go
My old truck
She was new about a year ago
My sweet girl
She’s gonna be smilin’ when I get home
Yeah, she gives more than she takes, she don’t take that much
And I’ll be pullin’ up in a dirty old truck with a smelly old guitar
My sweet girl
Gonna be smilin’ when I get home
I’ve got me a friend
He’s always there beside me
And I forget sometimes he’s there, but he’s always there
When I find myself some trouble, he’s the first guy that I call
I’ve got me a good friend
I ain’t never seen at all
This old guitar
Is gonna smell like this bar tomorrow
I’ve seen the sun for the first time
In a week or so
I wipe the sleep from my eyes
I’ve got nowhere to go
A cup of coffee in my hand
I’ve got me a smoke
There nothing doin’, I just wanna be alone
The right end of the sunrise
It sure looks nice
To see a new day taking shape
Not startin’ with no night
Well I been rollin’ along on a thin dime
And I’m happy to be home
Please forgive me, I just wanna be alone
Well I’m gonna finish this pot of coffee
And I’m gonna put me another on
Well I might grab my thread-bear Martin
And pick me out a song
I know I’ll sit right here, I’ll smoke one more
And just enjoy the dawn
I’m not angry, I just wanna be alone
Spent my lifetime runnin’ around
It suits me fine
Shakin’ hands and one night stands
That’s what gets me by
But the days gettin’ short
And the songs gettin’ long
It’s time to go
No, I’m not angry, I just wanna be alone
Well I’m gonna finish this pot of coffee
And I’m gonna put me another on
Well I might grab my thread-bear Martin
And pick me out a song
I know I’ll sit right here, I’ll smoke one more
And just enjoy the dawn
Now I’m not angry, I just wanna be alone
Please forgive me, I just wanna be alone
There’s nothin’ doin’, I just wanna be alone
Burning the candle at both ends leaves no time to think
To kill one flame
It’s to slow the burn
Hittin’ it hard every night when the sun goes down my girl
You know I’m always around
I’m in some other town
I can’t say where I’ll be, come this time next week
I know I won’t be here
I know I won’t be home
I’ve lost so much of myself, I wonder now
Am I really what, all these people see
I’ve got no time to think, the time that I’ve let go
I’ve got no time to think, the time you’ve spent alone
I’ve got no time to think of the years I know all the times with you how they come and go
Got no time to think, the time that I’ve let go
Ten years gone and I’m on my way to a million miles
You know they don’t come free
You know they roll by slow
I’d be lyin’ if I said that I did not love my work
You know I love you too
Now it’s time to go
I’ve got no time to think, the time that I’ve let go
I’ve got no time to think, the time you’ve spent alone
I’ve got no time to think of the years I know all the times with you how they come and go
Got no time to think, the time that I’ve let go
I’ve got no time to think, the time that I’ve let go
I’ve got no time to think, the time you’ve spent alone
I’ve got no time to think of the years I know all the times with you how they come and go
Got no time to think, the time that I’ve let go
Wake up Becki
I’ve got something to say
Listen to me
Let’s try this one more day
I know it’s late now
But you know I just can’t sleep
Wake up Becki
Won’t you talk with me
Wake up Becki
Oh now listen to me please
Understand now
I’m down on my knees
You gotta believe me
When I say my love is true
Wake up Becki
All I want is you
I need to hear your voice, you know I’m all alone
And this is what I’d say to you, if you’d pick up that phone
You must be fast asleep not thinking about me or you’re already gone
Wake up Becki
Becki I’m almost home
Wake up Becki
Oh I know it’s been too long
Since I’ve held you
And I know you’ve been strong
Don’t you worry
I may be gone for a week or two
Wake up Becki
I’m coming home to you
I need to hear your voice, you know I’m all alone
And this is what I’d say to you, if you’d pick up that phone
You must be fast asleep not thinking about me or you’re already gone
Wake up Becki
Becki I’m almost home
Well I started on the whiskey pretty early this morning
That’s alright, I was up all night
But I passed out before the sun came up
I really wanted to see one of those
I know that’s no way for a man to behave
With a mortgage due and a baby on the way
But somehow I made it to where I’m at
It’s been a living as a matter of fact
I get a bad attitude from being tired and running ‘round
I never ask for anyone to say they like my sound
I’ve never been a part of any musical scene
I ain’t just talking Nashville, if you know what I mean
They don’t write about me, in their magazines
And I don’t ask for no reviews on the songs that I sing
I never had a lot of friends and I’m alright by that
But people keep on coming back
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
They don’t care about no trends
They don’t care about songs that sell
Yeah, tomorrow I’ll be gone
So tonight everybody just sing along
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
I’ve been standing on the outside for all of my life
But I like the view, I’m not gonna lie
Yeah, the yuppies and the hipsters and the wannabe scenes
That ain’t down home to me
I like two dollar beers, I like three dollar wells
At some old honky tonk bar that I know by the smell
Some old drunk on a bar stool on a Merle Haggard tune
That’s my kind of room
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
They don’t care about no trends
They don’t care about songs that sell
Yeah, tomorrow I’ll be gone
So tonight everybody just sing along
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
They don’t care about no trends
They don’t care about songs that sell
Yeah, tomorrow I’ll be gone
So tonight everybody just sing along
Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
And I’ll be raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys
All I did was drink all day in that hell they call L.A.
A southern born man wants a gun in his hand
When he sees how they run that place
Never say I’m better than anyone
Cause Lord knows that I’m not
But that California summer wasn’t that hot
We went out there searchin’ for something
Instead we all got lost
We were headin’ out west and the plans were goin’ south
Never counted no cost
By the time I hit Arizona I was on my way to see
65 days in L.A. is enough for me
And I would drink ’till the sun came up
And I was tryin’ to find myself
But it’s hard to find yourself in a state like that
I was born a runnin’ man and anywhere I’m free
But 65 days in L.A. is enough for me
Been a few good folks out there, any and everywhere
We were runnin’ down the same things, all about insane
Thinkin’ we’d find them out there
Steppin’ over bums on the sidewalk
To get back to my front door
And by the middle of August, couldn’t take any more
So I loaded up what little I had left
And I bought two packs of smokes
I was haulin’ back to my girl, all back to my own
I was born a runnin’ man and anywhere I’m free
But 65 days in L.A. is enough for me
65 days anywhere is too much for me
Too much for me
Couldn’t have ever dawned on me
All the things that I would be I
I never really looked out quite that far
It’s never been a simple thing
To see the world with a young man’s brain, with
An old man’s heart, restless soul
Yeah, my family went broke in my eighteenth year
Dad took a job many miles from here that
That was alright by me I was on my own
I had a band, found a job, life was alright
I worked when I had to, we played all the time, only
Got through that first year of college, alright
But I learned more on the freight docks
Driving forklifts on the 3 o’clock
AM shift In the winter time, man it got cold
Selling guitars on the west coast
Going hungry, chasin’ ghost around and around we would go
And I saw it all tendin’ bar at night
Treatin’ saints and sinners right
It’s a good thing to do all the time
You never know who you’re talkin’ to
But always know who’s watching you
Keep your feet movin’ straight down the line
I’ve known a lot of real good men
Grad school or no school
I’ve called em’ my friends, I’m
I’m Somewhere in the Middle and that’s just fine
No, I don’t give a damn how much money you make
If your last shirt has pockets, take all you can take, I’m
I’m goin’ out with nothin’ like I came in
Cause I learned more on the freight docks
Driving forklifts on the 3 o’clock
AM shift In the winter time, man it got cold
Selling guitars on the west coast
Going hungry, chasin’ ghost around and around we would go
And I saw it all tendin’ bar at night
Treatin’ saints and sinners right
It’s a good thing, to do all the time
You never know who you’re talkin’ to
But always know who’s watching you
Keep your feet movin’ straight down the line
But I learned more on the freight docks
Driving forklifts on the 3 o’clock
AM shift In the winter time, man it got cold
Selling guitars on the west coast
Going hungry, chasin’ ghost around and around we would go
And I saw it all tendin’ bar at night
Treatin’ saints and sinners right
It’s a good thing to do all the time
You never know who you’re talkin’ to
But always know who’s watching you
Keep your feet movin’ straight down the line
Somewhere in the middle and that’s just fine
Somewhere in the middle and that’s just fine
I don’t run from guilt you see my conscience lets me know at least a thousand times or better every day
Things I’ve done mistakes I’ve made, raised feelings I’ll lay in some grave if ever I am finally laid to rest
If there’s time to pray before I die, I pray dear Lord you know that I was a righteous man that somehow lost his way
Face me down when I shall pass so the world can kiss my ass and Hell can’t come and get me from behind
I’ve danced in the flames and I’ve been burned
I’ve walked on the harder side of life, I’ve takin’ all the wrong turns
I’ve been around
I’ve been down
And I’ve been wasted
I fight with myself
sometimes I lose
I got me an angel on my shoulder, but I’ve got the devil too, I get down
I get around and I get wasted
Twenty-seven years along I’ve tried to make them right all wrong and I’ve nearly died a few times on my way
Well I’ve seen the face of God first hand and I’ve danced with the devil man, I’ve needed help and grab for both of their hands
I’ve danced in the flames and I’ve been burned
I’ve walked on the harder side of life, I’ve takin’ all the wrong turns
I’ve been around
I’ve been down
And I’ve been wasted
I fight with myself, sometimes I lose
I got me an angel on my shoulder, but I’ve got the devil too, I get down
I get around and I get wasted
I fight with myself
Sometimes I lose
I got me an angel on my shoulder, but I’ve got the devil too
I get down I get around and I get wasted
I don’t run from guilt you see my conscience lets me know at least a thousand times or better every day
You’re good for nothing
It’s what they always say
I can’t say no different
look at me today
Always in and out of trouble
An enemy of the state
Why can’t I get my act together
Dollar short, a day late
And they say why you don’t quit drinkin’
You’re always acting like a clown
We all see your ships been sinkin’
Just slowly goin’ down
You’ve been runnin’ for so long
You ain’t got no time to lose
You better right in all your wrongs
Last call for the blues
Yeah the first step, it’s admitting
Then it’s one day at a time
Don’t you dare deny it
You’re way past your prime
You better start to look ahead
What’s done is dead and gone
There ain’t no wisdom in that whiskey
There’s only sadness in your song
And they say why you don’t quit drinkin’
You’re always acting like a clown
We all see your ships been sinkin’
Just slowly goin’ down
You’ve been runnin’ for so long
You ain’t got no time to lose
You better right in all your wrongs
Last call for the blues
And they say why you don’t quit drinkin’
You’re always acting like a clown
We all see your ships been sinkin’
Just slowly goin’ down
You’ve been runnin’ for so long
You ain’t got no time to lose
You better right in all your wrongs
Last call for the blues
You better right in all your wrongs
Last call for the blues
Sometimes in the summer, it’ll lightnin’, it’ll thunder
But the rain don’t seem to come it rolls on by
Thunder sounds like laughter, as the lightning hits the pasture
And you know that land has been dry for some time
And it burns and it burns, oh it burns
The river it stopped flowin’ back through town some time ago
And the train tracks rest below a bed of weeds
The truck stop shut its door on the day that oil hit a hundred and four dollars a barrel
Ya’ll then the grocery store came next and then the bank
And it burns oh it burns, it burns
Oh it burns, yeah it burns, oh it burns
You do the things you know to just to make it day by day
You can hear the kids a cryin’, but there’s just no time to play.
You work the way you know how just the way you’ve always done
and you’d like to curse the skies that bring no rain and block the sun
And it burns
Sometimes when it’s rainin’ and there seems there ain’t no stoppin’
aand a storm surge rushes past and all goes down
That river roars with laughter as it strips away the pasture land the home you built
And work for your own hands
And it rains, oh it rains, yeah it rains
And it rains, oh it rains, yeah it rains
You do the things you know to just to make it by the day
You can hear the kids a cryin’ but there’s just no time to play
you work the way you know how just the way you’ve always done
and you’d like to curse the skies that bring the rain and block the sun and it rains
And it rains
Sometimes in the summer it’ll lightnin’, it’ll thunder
But the rain don’t seem to come it rolls on by
They don’t want you none Virginia
Why don’t you just go on home
I’m not being fair Virginia
I’d rather see you all alone
This old town’s is the way you left it
And sleep is good when you can get it
Loveletters and cigarettes
It’s been three years and I can’t forget
And wrap this chain around my neck for good
I memorized every word you wrote
And each night they go up in smoke
And I’m gonna die or I’m gonna choke it’s true
I’m still not done with you
Oh no, I’m still not done with you
The big screen waits for you Virginia
It’s where I wanted you to be
When it came to being with you
This place just wouldn’t let go of me
Every road and every stop light
I see your face on a good night
Loveletters and cigarettes
It’s been three years and I can’t forget
And wrap this chain around my neck for good
I memorized every word you wrote
And each night they go up in smoke
And I’m gonna die or I’m gonna choke it’s true
I’m still not done with you
Oh no, I’m still not done with you
Every road and every stop light
I see your face on a good night
Loveletters and cigarettes
It’s been three years and I can’t forget
And wrap this chain around my neck for good
I memorized every word you wrote
And each night they go up in smoke
And I’m gonna die or I’m gonna choke it’s true
I’m still not done with you
Oh no, I’m still not done with you
Time is gold and it only goes by in waves of strangers
Along the way sometimes strangers make your friends
Well I’m gettin’ old and my friends don’t come around like they used to
We’ve stopped actin’ like we’ve got somethin’ to prove
My old friend Jake, yeah man, we made some noise in those barrooms
Who’d have thought he’d be the first one with a son
And I like to think that guy we all call McKinney
He was there at my worst and Lord knows he’s helped me on
It’s been a few years since I, seen that Matthews boy
He’s still livin’ down in Houston, still never callin’ back when I phone
Every now and then I’ll stop and I’ll have a few with Vinny
You know we laugh about the old times, at least those we recall
It’s always, c’est la vi,
Try not, to miss the forest for the trees
And now we’re, what we did not think we’d be
A little bit older, a little less wise
You get a little older and a lot less wise
Time is gold and it only goes by in waves of strangers
I’ve got a good woman at home
Who thinks I do no wrong
But sometimes, Lord, she just ain’t always around
And you know that’s when I fall
Now I can’t help myself at all
And I’ll get whiskey bent and hell bound
Play me some songs about a ramblin’ man
Put a cold one in my hand
‘Cause you know I love to hear those guitar sounds
Don’t you play, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
‘Cause I’ll get all balled up inside
And I’ll get whiskey bent and hell bound
Sure enough about closin’ time
About stoned out of my mind
And I end up with some honky tonk special I found
Just as sure as the mornin sun comes
Thinking of my sweet girl at home
And I’ll get whiskey bent and hell bound
Play me the songs about ramblin’ man
Put old Jim Beam in my hand
‘Cause you know I still love to get drunk
And hear country sounds
But don’t you play, Your Cheatin’ Heart
‘Cause that’ll tear me all apart
I’ll get Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound
Yeah, old Hank’s songs
Always make me feel low down