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Songs: Doin OK, Will You Still Love Me, Mr. Griffen, The Fast Lane, Pretty Packaging, No Words, The Wrong Place, When the New Wears Off, Better Than the Bottle, Lost Highway, The Others, In My Blood, Something Wicked This Way Comes, See the Man, When You Can’t Remember, Lonely Man, Monster, Found, When Time Didn’t Fly, No Time, Wake Up Becki, Hippies and Cowboys, 65 Days In L.A., Somewhere In The Middle, Been Around, Last Call For The Blues, Curse The Sky, Loveletters and Cigarettes, Less Wise, A Memory and a Dream, Looking for a Friend, We Get By, Thunderheads, 13 Years, Prairie House Redemption, Glad to Say, Lady Bug, This Old Guitar, Alone, The Same, I'm Not the Devil, No Guarantees, No Words, Give All You Can, She's All Mine, The Way I Am, Chase That Song, Heavy Load, Grey, Church at Gaylor Creek, Vampires, Hand Me Down, The Wanting, Same Kind of Crazy as Me, Never Alone Always Lonely, Whiskey, Where Even Angels Fear to Fly, Which One I Feed, A Bite of Something Sweet, The Plea, It Don’t Rain in California, Wounded Mind, Ramble, The Raven and the Dove, After the Fire, Ain’t a Train, Yesterday Again, Tell’em What It’s Like, Think Like You Think, William and Wanda, One Good Decision, Dreamed With One, Someone to You, Tonedeaf Boogie, A Memory and a Dream, Looking for a Friend, We Get By, Thunderheads, 13 Years, Prairie House Redemption, Glad to Say, Lady Bug, This Old Guitar, Alone, Just Enough, When the New Wears Off, Holy Water, Must Be the Whiskey, Somewhere Between I Love You and I'm Leavin’, Lifers, Big Last Name, Desert Wind, Colorado, Can’t Quit Enough, 7th Floor, Stranger, Head Case, What Else Is New, Mamma Song, Cast No Stones, We’re Gonna Dance, Birds, Loud and Heavy, David, Me or You, Folks, Ready for the Times to Get Better, Dirt, Rock and Roll, No Time, Wake Up Becki, Hippies & Cowboys, 65 Days In L.A., Somewhere In The Middle, Been Around, Last Call For The Blues, Curse The Sky, Loveletters and Cigarettes, Less Wise, Hippies & Cowboys (Alt Take), Somewhere In The Middle (Alt Take), Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound, What Else Is New, Mamma Song, Cast No Stones, We’re Gonna Dance, Birds, Loud and Heavy, David, Me or You, Folks, Ready for the Times to Get Better, Dirt, Rock and Roll, If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time, My Rough and Rowdy Ways, Saginaw, Michigan, That's the Way Love Goes, Always Late (With Your Kisses), She's Gone, Gone, Gone, The Long Black Veil, I Never Go Around Mirrors, Sick, Sober and Sorry, Sober Thing, Outlaws and Mustangs, I Can’t Complain, Take This Bottle, Deceiver’s Blues, A Few More Ghosts, Change the Game, I Would, The Working Man, Wasted, Always Running, What You Love
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The smoke and the booze They don't treat me like they did back then Little white pills we all took To forget where we'd been And I've seen firsthand What that needle has done to my friend Thank God, I'm still here to stay away From the places I've been You got to slow down While you can still see the miles Put on the brakes in the fast lane And rest for a while When you live with your demons long enough They seem like your friends So, put on the brakes in the fast lane Before your road ends That first cigarette didn't do much The second one did First taste of whiskey was good When I was a kid So, I'll tell you firsthand "Hey, I know now" I've been where you are In ways, I am still just some kid With eyes for the stars You got to slow down While you can still see the miles Put on the brakes in the fast lane And rest for a while When you live with your demons long enough They seem like your friends So, put on the brakes in the fast lane Before your road ends
My whole view of the world has changed I guess that comes with age I don't believe there is good in every man Like I did back then I may drink more than I should You've seen me on the floor Spent my lifetime in this cage I've 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 livin' 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 livin' 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
Church bells ring with a rose petal shower Standing in our finest hour Walkin' tall 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 Nothing's 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 are so beautiful right now I could never imagine how beautiful you will be some day When the new wears off of a house and a car Nothing's 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
Burning the candle at both ends Leaves no time to think, To kill one flame, To slow the burn, Hitting 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 ill be come This time next week, I know I wont be here, I know I wont be home, I've lost so much of myself I wonder now, Am I really what, All these people see, I've go no time to think of time that I've let go, I've got no time to think of the time you 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 of the time that I've let go, Ten years gone and I'm on my way to a million miles, No they dont come free, No they roll by slow, I'd be lying if I said that I did not love my work, You know I love you too, Now its time to go, I've go no time to think of time that I've let go, I've got no time to think of the time you spent alone, I've got no time to think of the years I know all the time with you how it comes and goes, Got no time to think of the time that I've let go, Got no time to think of time that I've let go, I've got no time to think of the time you 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 of the time that I've let go, Burning the candle at both ends Leaves no time to think, Oh to kill one flame, Slow the burn,
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 thinkin' 'bout 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 But 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 Wake up Becki, Becki I'm almost home Wake up Becki
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 honkytonk bar that I know by the smell Some old drunk on a barstool 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 Sixty five 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 sixty five 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 sixty five days in L.A. is enough for me Sixty five days anywhere is too much for me Too much for me
Couldn't 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 my 18 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 a.m. shift In the winter time, man it got cold Selling guitars on the west coast goin' hungry Chasin' ghost around and around we would go And I saw it all tending 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 Well, 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 a.m. shift In the winter time man it got cold Selling guitars on the west coast goin' hungry Chasin' ghost around and around we would go And I saw it all tending 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 a.m. shift In the winter time man it got cold Selling guitars on the west coast goin' hungry Chasin' ghost around and around we would go And I saw it all tending 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 Yeah, somewhere in the middle is just fine Yeah, somewhere in the middle is 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 is 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 Just so the world can kiss my ass And hell can't come get me from behind I've danced in the flames, and I've been burned I've walked on the harder side of life Of taking 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 got the devil too I get down, I get around, and I get wasted 27 years along I've tried to make them right all wrong And I'm nearly died a few times on my way Well, I've seen the face of God first hand I've danced with the devil, man And I've needed help, grabbed for both their hands I've danced in the flames, and I've been burned Walked on the harder side of life Of taking 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 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 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 I 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 has lands 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 yall 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' And 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 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 the rain and block the sun 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 So why don't you just go on home I'm not bein' fair Virginia I'd rather see you all alone This ole town's the way you left it And sleep is good if you can get it Loveletters and cigarettes It's been three years I can't forget Unwrap this chain around my neck for good I memorized every word you wrote And each night they go up in smoke Now I'm gonna die or I'm gonna choke its true I'm still not done with you No, no, I'm still not done with you The big screen waits for you, Virginia It's where I want you to be But when it came to bein' with you This place just wouldn't let go of me Now every road and every stoplight I see your face on a good night Loveletters and cigarettes It's been three years I can't forget Unwrap this chain around my neck for good I memorized every word you wrote And each night they go up in smoke Now I'm gonna die or I'm gonna choke its true I'm still not done with you No, no, I'm still not done with you Now every road and every stop light I see your face on a good night Loveletters and cigarettes It's been three years I can't forget Unwrap this chain around my neck for good I memorized every word you wrote And each night they go up in smoke Now I'm gonna die or I'm gonna choke its true I'm still not done with you No, 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 call him 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
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 Somehow, I always wind up here Must be this company I keep, oh it 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 Somehow, I always wind up here Must be this company I keep, oh it 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 mama 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 And 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 that he don't care what the others might think He laughs and jokes 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 break And I will ask for nothin' nevermore Nevermore, no no, nevermore The valley rose, then 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 To get back up and start to heaven But staying grounded, safely still In the arms of God that comes your way Take your time as you start up, friend Enjoy the view atop the rung Point your face into the sky, friend Smilin' at that mean old 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 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 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 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 man 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 forgot 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
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 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'll 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 My old truck, she was new about a year ago Yeah shes lived an old truck's lifetime, carrying me down the road When I turned that engine over she's a ready and willing to go My old truck she was new about a year ago My sweet girl she is gonna be smiling when I get home Yeah she gives more than she takes, she don't take that much Now I'll be pulling up in a dirty old truck with a smelly old guitar And my sweet girl gonna smiling 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 And 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, gonna smell like this bar tomorrow.
I've see 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 nothin doin I just wanna be alone The right end of the sun rise It sure looks nice To see a new day taking shape Not startin with no night Well I'll been rollin long on a thin Dime And I'm happy to be home Please forgive me I just want to 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 want to be alone Spend 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 want to 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 want to be alone Please forgive me I just want to be alone It's nothin doin I just want to be alone
Caliornia'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' through 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 we let their egos go No, they could not give to 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 been livin' free What else is new? I'm tellin' you I'm tellin' what the blue collar man is goin' through 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 I'm tellin' what the blue collar man is goin' through 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 those bringin' that bad news down All to hell those bringin' that bad news
I got a half of 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 gonna need Beause I know you always worried 'bout 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've got my favorite pen I know it's been a little while and talking's not my style So I'll just have to write my friends Hey, I'm doing alright mamma, I'm okay 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 coming This old guitar and me I'm still strumming 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 okay Do 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'd racked up Yeah, you kept me from losing my truck Hey, 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 okay 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 coming This old guitar and me I'm still strumming 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 okay
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 'til the next day But I cast no stones What gives you the right? To tell me my business Good God, man, you're out of your mind So put up your Bible Oh, let me get mine I'm not dragging 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 And I like to stop At the end of the day And I pray that I hurt nobody Somebody new found their way I cast no stones What gives you the right? To tell me my business Good God, man, you're out of your mind So put up your Bible Oh, let me get mine I'm not dragging the whole world to hell You're wasting my time I cast no stones What gives you the right? To tell me my business Good God, man, you're out of your mind So put up your Bible Oh, let me get mine I'm not dragging 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 to long, And I've been working way to hard and I know it's taken it's toll on you. But tonight I'll make things right, by the fire with some candlelight and I'll tell you what were gonna do. Were not going out, were gonna stay right here at home. There won't be anyone in the world, when were all alone. Were gonna lay the worry's back and love until were back on track, If you'll just give me this chance. Move the couch, lock the door, socks move well on a hardword floor, and were gonna dance. Were gonna dance. The rush of life can get you down, and if you let it, it runs you to the ground. That's just life. Were not going out, were gonna stay right here at home. There won't be anyone in the world, when were all alone. Were gonna lay the worry's back and love until were back on track, If you'll just give me this chance. Move the couch, lock the door, socks move well on a hardword floor, and were gonna dance. Were 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 asking of you You just roll on back out of sight Stealing away again like a child in the night Still full of wonder And you still want to live So you steal freedom while there's still some And take the whole world in And 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've learned 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 'tween 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 pumping Minds are racing It's hard to sleep, man When I'm shaking Bad news surrounds me It's always found me Creeping up when things are good Yeah, the dark days find a way Loud thunder, heavy rain Thin line 'tween 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 Is sometimes the only light When the moon is tucked away The camra 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 'tween 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 Is sometimes the only light When the moon is tucked away Loud thunder, heavy rain Thin line 'tween 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 Is sometimes the only light When the moon is tucked away Loud thunder heavy rain Loud thunder, heavy rain Thin line 'tween 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, I always knew he did And he was different than most And maybe I was too And hanging out with the in crowd just wasn't our thing There was a whole lot more that 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 towns for those in between Yeah, the poor folks, they go to work or they go to war I did 1,500 days in the Corps When I got back, nothing looked the same anymore I got on with the local police It just seemed to fit But things had 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 to try to slow him down He didn't know 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 drowned Or if he died on impact, he must have rolled three times Yeah, the only thing to make matters worse That his mom was a late night E.R. nurse And he was D.O.A., she just about lost her mind David's wife drops by every once in a while The childhood stories always make her smile But somehow, we always go back to that day When I found his truck in the floodplain upside down It was a hell of a rain, I don't know if he drowned Or if he died on impact, he must have rolled three times Yeah, the only thing to make matters worse That his mom was a late night E.R. nurse And he was D.O.A., she just about lost her mind Ain't it the times?
If You're thinking of leaving tonight. Go on and go If you're sure it's the right thing to do You know I was never the kind for dragging 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 hating Us both for just one more day I don't like walking the tightrope It ain't always easy but I've always been true And You don't have to tell me if you've done any different God only knows its 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 could've changed things but 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 if have tried if I'd known It don't matter Anymore I don't like walking the tightrope It ain't always easy but I've always been true And You don't have to tell me if you've done any different God only knows its how this one goes Is it me or you God only knows its 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 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 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 something perused 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 rackin' 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 burnin' 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-na, na-na, na-na-na 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-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 Looking back on everything we had, on everything we lost Still makes me wonder was staying worth the cost? But the 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 For the last one standing tall For the ones, that showed the most resolved. 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 How I recall a helpless feelin' The first time that I saw my father cry Looking 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 dont 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
Sure good to see Those lights were sure bright tonight That bitter sweet voice took me back to another time She sad after all this while sure good to see you doing fine Well thats a funny thing to hear after the last time I recall a choice you made and the words you chose back then And it killed me for a long long time were we ever friends If you came here to see if time has rearranged this aint no game im still the same Same ol bar same guitars same ol stars that light my day Its gettin better its an uphill road but we know id do it anyway Really dont know what your doing here what you want or why you came Getting late now and i got to go but since you asked im still the same Still the same Really dont know what your doing here what you want or why you came Getting late now and i got to go but since you asked im still the same Still the same Im still the same Cody jinks is the best, check him out!
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, they held to my head I got caught up believin' in lies that were said And 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 ten thousand 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, fore it gets easy, I oughta know I hear the voice of Jesus and 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 Yep all 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 fore it gets easy, I oughta know It's gonna take a lotta rain fore the seed prayer starts to grow The more I know, the more I know what I don't know I know nothin's free And there ain't no guarantees (Solo) And it's gonna get hard fore it gets easy, I oughta know It's gonna take a lotta rain fore the seed prayer starts to grow The more I know, the more I know what I don't know I know nothin's free And there ain't no guarantees
My whole view of the world has changed I guess that comes with age I don't believe there is good in every man Like I did back then I may drink more than I should You've seen me on the floor Spent my lifetime in this cage I've 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 livin' 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 livin' 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 views It's the same Never did understand, to much younger men Why I felt such a need to go But I learned that it's all in my head 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 I'm thankful to be alive And I know there's people on that mountain Who are 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 living for? What are you loving 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 living for? What are you living for? What are you living for? What are you living for? You living for What are you living for? When give all you can What are you living for? Give all you can What are you living for? What are you living for? Give all you can
Doors open when she smiles She moves mountains with her might 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 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 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 (Solo) 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 were down, on some blue bayou A bamboo cane stuck in the sand But the road I'm on, don't seem to go there So I just dream, keep on being the way I am Wish I enjoyed, what makes my living Did what I do, with a willing hand Some would run, naw but that ain't like me So, I just dream, keep on being 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 just dream, keep on being 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 just dream, keep on being the way I am So, I just dream, and keep on being the way I am
I'm an eighteen wheeler with a throttle pin down And a brake line cut just a screaming 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 seems 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'll 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 of your whiskey trippin' head Well I'm the cough in your first smoke, go on and load that gun I'm a 13 squared, I'm a 13 twice Just a black cat walking on thin black ice I'm a jinx 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'll see I just set out to chase that song that's chasin' me (Solo) 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'll see I just set out to chase that song that's chasin' me (Solo) I set out to chase that song Out to chase that song I set out to chase that song that's chasin' me
I can't think of one damn thing to say Stuck where I'm goin' Stuck in a lot of ways Tell me it still matters In a world in vain Pissing in the wind Screamin' 'bout 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 Lookin' 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 I'm 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 we're sure we paid the toll The 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 (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 we're sure we paid the toll The 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 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 promis Livin' ain't a right And no one here is getting 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
Well my favorite memories are some of my first Like a Sunday night meeting at an old country church Sometimes my grandparents would come and take me To an old country church house on old 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 Not blinded by all that I see My mind washes up at that church on old Gaylor Creek So many of bar rooms, so many strangers Women, whiskey, so many dangers That old honky tonk highway That's a wild horse to rope Son, I've seen enough neon To circle the globe That church was a long time ago I'm talkin' distance and years But I'm not for certain that I could even get there from here But on nights when I'm sober Not blinded by all that I see My mind washes up at that church on old Gaylor Creek My mind washes up that church at Gaylor Creek
Where does time go, when its gone away Time was on my side, yesterday So much can change Between then and now Where does time go Where did dreams die, along the way Dreams were all we had, yesterday Who told all the vampires of the world They were welcome anyway Where did dreams die Who gave who the message Who gave who the hands of time Who gave who the job to take the reason and the rhyme Like another Holden Caulfield, I'm the 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 the reason and the rhyme Like another Holden Caulfield, I'm the 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 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 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 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 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 (Won't you hand me down, hand me down) (Hand me down)
Burning the candle at both ends Leaves no time to think, To kill one flame, To slow the burn, Hitting 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 ill be come This time next week, I know I wont be here, I know I wont be home, I've lost so much of myself I wonder now, Am I really what, All these people see, I've go no time to think of time that I've let go, I've got no time to think of the time you 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 of the time that I've let go, Ten years gone and I'm on my way to a million miles, No they dont come free, No they roll by slow, I'd be lying if I said that I did not love my work, You know I love you too, Now its time to go, I've go no time to think of time that I've let go, I've got no time to think of the time you spent alone, I've got no time to think of the years I know all the time with you how it comes and goes, Got no time to think of the time that I've let go, Got no time to think of time that I've let go, I've got no time to think of the time you 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 of the time that I've let go, Burning the candle at both ends Leaves no time to think, Oh to kill one flame, Slow the burn,
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 thinkin' 'bout 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 But 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 Wake up Becki, Becki I'm almost home Wake up Becki
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 I don't ask for no reviews on the songs that I sing I've 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 Sixty five 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 sixty five 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 sixty five days in L.A. is enough for me Sixty five days anywhere is too much for me Too much for me
Couldn't 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 my 18 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 a.m. shift In the winter time, man it got cold Selling guitars on the west coast goin' hungry Chasin' ghost around and around we would go And I saw it all tending 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 Well, 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 a.m. shift In the winter time man it got cold Selling guitars on the west coast goin' hungry Chasin' ghost around and around we would go And I saw it all tending 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 a.m. shift In the winter time man it got cold Selling guitars on the west coast goin' hungry Chasin' ghost around and around we would go And I saw it all tending 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 Yeah, somewhere in the middle is just fine Yeah, somewhere in the middle is 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 is 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 Just so the world can kiss my ass And hell can't come get me from behind I've danced in the flames, and I've been burned I've walked on the harder side of life Of taking 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 got the devil too I get down, I get around, and I get wasted 27 years along I've tried to make them right all wrong And I'm nearly died a few times on my way Well, I've seen the face of God first hand I've danced with the devil, man And I've needed help, grabbed for both their hands I've danced in the flames, and I've been burned Walked on the harder side of life Of taking 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 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 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 I 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 has lands 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 yall 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' And 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 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 the rain and block the sun 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 So why don't you just go on home I'm not bein' fair Virginia I'd rather see you all alone This ole town's the way you left it And sleep is good if you can get it Loveletters and cigarettes It's been three years I can't forget Unwrap this chain around my neck for good I memorized every word you wrote And each night they go up in smoke Now I'm gonna die or I'm gonna choke its true I'm still not done with you No, no, I'm still not done with you The big screen waits for you, Virginia It's where I want you to be But when it came to bein' with you This place just wouldn't let go of me Now every road and every stoplight I see your face on a good night Loveletters and cigarettes It's been three years I can't forget Unwrap this chain around my neck for good I memorized every word you wrote And each night they go up in smoke Now I'm gonna die or I'm gonna choke its true I'm still not done with you No, no, I'm still not done with you Now every road and every stop light I see your face on a good night Loveletters and cigarettes It's been three years I can't forget Unwrap this chain around my neck for good I memorized every word you wrote And each night they go up in smoke Now I'm gonna die or I'm gonna choke its true I'm still not done with you No, 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 call him 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 bullshit 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 And 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 But I like two dollar beers, I like three dollar wells At some old honkytonk bar that I know by the smell Some old drunk on a barstool 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'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 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 'Bout stoned out of my mind And I end up with some honkytonk special I found Just as sure as the mornin' sun comes Thinkin of my sweet girl at home And I need to get whiskey bent and hell bound Play me the songs about a 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 Songwriters: Kyle D. Sanders / Timothy James Williams / Michael Kevin Kennedy / Nicholas C. Rowe
I walk around on pins and needles Around people I can't even name I keep on passing church steeples Praying that my God is still the same I been wandering 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 having 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 running so long, now I'm running from myself Tired of running 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 having 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 having 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)
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 to afraid to tell my head when 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 No 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'"
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 broke-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 broke-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 gettin' knocked down, yeah we're gettin' 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 broke-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 mamma, 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 staring at her thinking 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 laying 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 Then 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
City lights Been 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' about you Even though our love might've gone down burning Like the sunset on the mountains out in Vail And our best days might have been some I forgot 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' about 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 standing 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' about 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' about you Don't think I ain't thinkin' about 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 Played that fire and burnin' tires Hard booze both hands in gasoline Stayin' wired We'd come back down the best that we know how We know now We're all tryin' to quit smoking Tired of laughin', tired of joking 'Bout the habits we all have Slowly creepin' up We all gotta die for something Livin' kills you, life is tough I can't quit 'cause I can't quit enough I felt all the pressures playing to an empty room And the pleasures of the 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 smoking Tired of laughin', tired of joking 'Bout the habits we all have Slowly creepin' up We all gotta die for something Livin' kills you, life is tough I can't quit 'cause I can't quit enough We're all tryin' to quit smoking Tired of laughin', tired of joking 'Bout the habits we all have Slowly creepin' up We all gotta die for something Livin' kills you, life is tough I can't quit 'cause I can't quit enough No I'll never quit 'cause I can't quit enough
From the seventh 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 seventh 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 seventh 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 is getting 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 is getting stranger everyday Maybe I'm goin' crazy Could be losing my mind Lookin' for someone familiar That I knew one time Stranger, hear me talking Listen up to what I have to say Waitin' for an answer... silence And the stranger is getting stranger everyday 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 flooding out somehow upon these lies? I'm still fighting the same battles I've been fighting all these years Dream is not a dream 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 overwhelming and I can't tell you why But I remember Jackson singing Doctor, doctor, please, my eyes My heroes, they're all dying or they're sitting in a cell Due to years of medicating 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 living 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
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
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 goin' 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 reasons I believe the way I do. And all I needed to know I was taught in Sunday school. But I live like those rules were for everyone but me. With selfish disregard for how it hurt my family. As I staggered down the hall to our bed. She helped steady me and said: How can you think like you think and 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 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 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 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 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 crying, 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 crying, that's something that don't happen I told 'em you'd be up here some sweet time Wanda, quit picking 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 reason in the rhyme And I've done a lot of crying, that's something that just happens I just hoped I'd make it up here some sweet time
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 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
I don't go to church on Sunday I don't go to work on Monday I sleep until I wake up To whiskey in my coffee cup And I take what the good Lord gave And 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 There's always another ass to kiss but I believe that freedom rings And 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 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 I meet the Father and the Son and If I'm right they'll be The same kind of crazy as me The same kind of crazy as me The same kind of crazy as me The same kind of crazy as me
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 to afraid to tell my head when 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 No 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
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
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 got a half of 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 gonna need Beause I know you always worried 'bout 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've got my favorite pen I know it's been a little while and talking's not my style So I'll just have to write my friends Hey, I'm doing alright mamma, I'm okay 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 coming This old guitar and me I'm still strumming 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 okay Do 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'd racked up Yeah, you kept me from losing my truck Hey, 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 okay 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 coming This old guitar and me I'm still strumming 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 okay
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 'til the next day But I cast no stones What gives you the right? To tell me my business Good God, man, you're out of your mind So put up your Bible Oh, let me get mine I'm not dragging 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 And I like to stop At the end of the day And I pray that I hurt nobody Somebody new found their way I cast no stones What gives you the right? To tell me my business Good God, man, you're out of your mind So put up your Bible Oh, let me get mine I'm not dragging the whole world to hell You're wasting my time I cast no stones What gives you the right? To tell me my business Good God, man, you're out of your mind So put up your Bible Oh, let me get mine I'm not dragging 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 to long, And I've been working way to hard and I know it's taken it's toll on you. But tonight I'll make things right, by the fire with some candlelight and I'll tell you what were gonna do. Were not going out, were gonna stay right here at home. There won't be anyone in the world, when were all alone. Were gonna lay the worry's back and love until were back on track, If you'll just give me this chance. Move the couch, lock the door, socks move well on a hardword floor, and were gonna dance. Were gonna dance. The rush of life can get you down, and if you let it, it runs you to the ground. That's just life. Were not going out, were gonna stay right here at home. There won't be anyone in the world, when were all alone. Were gonna lay the worry's back and love until were back on track, If you'll just give me this chance. Move the couch, lock the door, socks move well on a hardword floor, and were gonna dance. Were 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 asking of you You just roll on back out of sight Stealing away again like a child in the night Still full of wonder And you still want to live So you steal freedom while there's still some And take the whole world in And 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've learned 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 'tween 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 pumping Minds are racing It's hard to sleep, man When I'm shaking Bad news surrounds me It's always found me Creeping up when things are good Yeah, the dark days find a way Loud thunder, heavy rain Thin line 'tween 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 Is sometimes the only light When the moon is tucked away The camra 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 'tween 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 Is sometimes the only light When the moon is tucked away Loud thunder, heavy rain Thin line 'tween 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 Is sometimes the only light When the moon is tucked away Loud thunder heavy rain Loud thunder, heavy rain Thin line 'tween 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, I always knew he did And he was different than most And maybe I was too And hanging out with the in crowd just wasn't our thing There was a whole lot more that 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 towns for those in between Yeah, the poor folks, they go to work or they go to war I did 1,500 days in the Corps When I got back, nothing looked the same anymore I got on with the local police It just seemed to fit But things had 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 to try to slow him down He didn't know 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 drowned Or if he died on impact, he must have rolled three times Yeah, the only thing to make matters worse That his mom was a late night E.R. nurse And he was D.O.A., she just about lost her mind David's wife drops by every once in a while The childhood stories always make her smile But somehow, we always go back to that day When I found his truck in the floodplain upside down It was a hell of a rain, I don't know if he drowned Or if he died on impact, he must have rolled three times Yeah, the only thing to make matters worse That his mom was a late night E.R. nurse And he was D.O.A., she just about lost her mind Ain't it the times?
If You're thinking of leaving tonight. Go on and go If you're sure it's the right thing to do You know I was never the kind for dragging 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 hating us both for just one more day I don't like walking the tightrope It ain't always easy but I've always been true And You don't have to tell me if you've done any different God only knows its 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 could've changed things but 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 if have tried if I'd known It don't matter Anymore I don't like walking the tightrope It ain't always easy but I've always been true And You don't have to tell me if you've done any different God only knows its how this one goes Is it me or you God only knows its 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 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 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 something perused 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 rackin' 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 burnin' 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-na, na-na, na-na-na 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-na, na-na, na-na-na
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 dont 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
Well, it's me In case you were wonderin' Same old mess as I have Always been I've been fightin' 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 passin' out and finally gettin' rest The slowin' down just reminds me of why I started in the first place The numbin' just fueled me for the runnin' away from the pain And I'm closer to the messed-up than the sober thing I've been workin' What I mean by workin' Been tryin' to find myself Who I am I'm still fightin' 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 passin' out and finally gettin' rest The slowin' down just reminds me of why I started in the first place The numbin' just fueled me for the runnin' 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 passin' out and finally gettin' rest The slowin' down just reminds me of why I started in the first place The numbin' just fueled me for the runnin' away from the pain And I'm closer to the messed-up than the sober thing Well, it's me In case you were wonderin' 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 wisdom's often born of our scars And we find ourselves losin' who we are Go on, hit the highway, disappear in the night You gotta see the world all by yourself, and that's alright You ain't leavin' 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 Oh, 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 gotta see the world all by yourself, and that's alright You ain't leavin' 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 gotta see the world all by yourself, and that's alright You ain't leavin' me worried, you were born to roam The thing about outlaws and Mustangs, they always come home They always come home, hey Oh, oh, they always come home Oh, oh, they always come home Oh (oh), oh (alright), they always come home Oh (oh), oh, they always come home (yeah) Oh, oh, they always come home (now they really want to 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 don't 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 my own to bear But you know I can't complain, I can't complain 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 And while you're out there seeking shelter And you find yourself in chains I've always had my own to bear But you know I can't complain, I can't complain I can't complain And no, I can't complain
I could wait to love in heaven I can wait for you Far away I'll treat you better Better than down here 'Cuz I've done wrong And I'm a little afraid And I ain't too strong This ain't easy to say Take this buck Take this bottle And just walk away Never reveal And let me feel the pain I've done to you And I could hope we'll be together With a better roof full of rock and hays I could hope the stormy wind It passes on, it passes on But I would hope to love Hope for you to change Now hope is gone So listen what I've said Take this bottle Take this bottle And just walk away Don't bother you And let me feel the pain I've done to you 'Cuz I've done wrong And I'm a little afraid And I hope to love I hope for you to change Take this bottle Take this bottle And just walk away don't bother you (And just walk away don't bother you) And let me feel the pain I've done to you (And let me feel the pain I've done to you) I could wait to love in heaven And I could wait for you And I could wait to love in heaven And I could wait for you
You might lose every dollar you make The cradle will fall and the bank will break You might laugh until you wear that mistake You swore it never happened to you Taking from Peter, give it to Paul It's feeding 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, wrong and the right I've learned from both the two I never win at 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 The 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 But this- That was good fun Yeah That was good, clean American fun
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 (woo) 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 young bloods Next in line to take my place 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 that says I did it my own way 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 that says I did it my own way 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, yeah If you asked me if I could stay the night Until the morning light If that's what's 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 I 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 Oh, 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 head and bloodshot eyes, about to light That morning cigarette Seen the bottom of a whiskey bottle More times than I can count Woke up cold, the sunrise burning up my eyes Some old stranger's couch Wasted Wasted youth, wasted time There ain't 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 changed my ways 'fore it's too late Still one day I don't see my savior's face Wasted Wasted youth, wasted time There ain't no truth in a wasted mind And ain't no way to go through life Night after night Wasted 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 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 And 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 to 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 to 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 to you I can't stay gone for too long I think I can, but I'm not that strong Always running back to you, ooh I'm always running I'm always running Always running back to you, ooh
Life is tough Words of fire Don't mean you do anythin' wrong It means you are doin' it right So feel it all and take it in It's okay to lose, but you played to win Do you want to take the easy way? Do your best not to be swayed Don't settle for the simple ride The sun over the mountain side Far beyond the great divide lies in the skies, blue and white 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 play it safe is a life not lived Do you wanna take the easy way? Do your best not to be swayed Don't settle for the simple ride The sun over the mountain side Far beyond the great divide lies in the skies, blue and white 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, let it kill you You learn more from failures and mistakes Lots about the choices that we made Don't settle for the simple ride The sun over the mountain side Far beyond the great divide lies in the skies blue and white Don't be afraid to sacrifice for something worthy of your life Don't waste your days on dreams that don't fill you We'll 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
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 Somehow, I always wind up here Must be this company I keep, oh it 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 Somehow, I always wind up here Must be this company I keep, oh it 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 mama 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 And 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 that he don't care what the others might think He laughs and jokes 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 break And I will ask for nothin' nevermore Nevermore, no no, nevermore The valley rose, then 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 To get back up and start to heaven But staying grounded, safely still In the arms of God that comes your way Take your time as you start up, friend Enjoy the view atop the rung Point your face into the sky, friend Smilin' at that mean old 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 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 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 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 man 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 forgot 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
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 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'll 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 My old truck, she was new about a year ago Yeah shes lived an old truck's lifetime, carrying me down the road When I turned that engine over she's a ready and willing to go My old truck she was new about a year ago My sweet girl she is gonna be smiling when I get home Yeah she gives more than she takes, she don't take that much Now I'll be pulling up in a dirty old truck with a smelly old guitar And my sweet girl gonna smiling 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 And 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, gonna smell like this bar tomorrow.
I've see 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 nothin doin I just wanna be alone The right end of the sun rise It sure looks nice To see a new day taking shape Not startin with no night Well I'll been rollin long on a thin Dime And I'm happy to be home Please forgive me I just want to 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 want to be alone Spend 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 want to 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 want to be alone Please forgive me I just want to be alone It's nothin doin I just want to be alone
Church bells ring with a rose petal shower Standing in our finest hour Walkin' tall 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 Nothing's 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 are so beautiful right now I could never imagine how beautiful you will be some day When the new wears off of a house and a car Nothing's 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
If you've got the money, I've got the time We'll go honky tonk And we'll have a time We'll make all the nice parts Dance, drink beer and wine If you've got the money honey, I've got the time (Instrumental) 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 (Instrumental) 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 my old rig behind If you've got the money honey, I've got the time (Instrumental) Yes, well go honky tonkin' Make every club in town We'll go to the park when it's dark We won't fool around You run short of money, ill run short of time You got no more money honey, I have no more time (Instrumental) 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 nice parts Dance, drink beer and wine If you've got the money honey, I've got the time
For years and years I rambled I drank my wine and gambled One day I thought I settle down I met a perfect lady She said she'd be by baby We built a cottage in the old hometown Somehow I can't forget My good old rambling way Railroad trains calling me away I maybe tough I maybe wild I maybe rough But that's just my style I can't give up My good old rough and rowdy ways Somehow I can't forget My good old rambling ways Railroad trains calling me away I maybe tough I maybe wild I maybe rough But that's just my style I can't give up My good old rough and rowdy ways
I've been throwing horseshoes Over my left shoulder I've spent most all my life Searching for that fourleaf 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, now don't worry. I love you too." And that's the way love goes (Instrumentals) That's the way love goes, babe Thats the music God made For all the world to sing Its never old, it grows Losing makes me sorry You say, "Honey, now don't worry. Don't you know, I love you too." And that's the way love goes
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" But 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
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 girl in a tavern Oh, what a beautiful dream We had three or four Then had several more And that's when I went off my beam Oh, sick, sober, and sorry Broke, disgusted, and sad Sick, sober, and sorry But look at the fun that I've had The jukebox so loudly was playing Each couple having a ball But all of them gals Their sweethearts and pals I'll bet I'm the sickest of them all Oh, sick, sober, and sorry Broke, disgusted, and sad Sick, sober, and sorry But look at the fun that I've had The 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 they bolted the door
This mornin', an old runnin' buddy dropped by It was good to see the clear in his eyes The coffee was black, but no more cigarettes Been layin' things down, one habit at a time Never thought we'd get old, now we're damn sure tryin' Makin' the most of the time that we have left We lived a little harder than the rest We swore like hell we'd never slow down Money we'd burn when we'd paint the town Rollin' like we'd never see tomorrow We were chasin' that high, we had time to borrow We were out of control, like the James-Younger brothers We were hard on ourselves, we were bad for each other So living's been done, and we've pulled back on the throttle Still a vice or two, but they're better than the bottle Just talkin' and thinkin' on the wilder days And the friends that we lost, it came back to Jay We'll never know of the problems that he knew We were lucky enough to slip on through the cracks Outrun the devil and the plans that he had Lookin' back now, back then, there were no regrets Lived a little harder than the rest We swore like hell we'd never slow down Money we'd burn when we'd paint the town Rollin' like we'd never see tomorrow We were chasin' that high, we had time to borrow We were out of control, like the James-Younger brothers We were hard on ourselves, we were bad for each other So living's been done, and we've pulled back on the throttle Swore like hell we'd never slow down All the money we'd burn when we'd paint the town Rollin' like we'd never see tomorrow We were chasin' that high, we had time to borrow We were out of control, like the James-Younger brothers We were hard on ourselves, we were bad for each other So living's been done, and we pulled back on the throttle Still a vice or two, but they're better than the bottle Yeah, we still got a vice or two, but they're better than the bottle We're better than the bottle
They say it's a lost highway Must be right 'Cause I've been drivin' it for years It's just beyond my sight And I am too far gone to be turning around So I just Look ahead and drive I remember the way it always made me feel When David Allan sang "The Ride" It takes you up It takes you down The road don't end it just goes around It makes you laugh It makes you cry It makes you live And die What I have lost To what I have gained Is all to none It's still the same I will drive until I find Until I find That lost highway Many others have traveled this road I try to steer clear Of all the wreckage and the shattered souls Forgotten In the years And the ghost that walks on the side of the road Say to turn your car around For one day, son, you'll be walking with us Still searching For what can't be found It takes you up It takes you down The road don't end and it goes around It makes you laugh It makes you cry It makes you live And die To what I have lost To what I have gained Is all to none It's still the same I will drive Until I find Until I find That lost highway What I have lost To what I have gained Is all to none It's still the same I will drive Until I find Until I find That lost highway
My hat hangs proud on the songs that I sing There's a few where I've looked back and thought Man, what was I thinkin' Been ragged and dirty and driftin' with my own kind of style It ain't pretty 'til it is when you walk it a while, oh It's in my blood, it's in my bones It's in every single word To every single song, I've been singin' It ain't me to be cut out and sold Man, why can't you see? It's in my blood There are more lines 'round my eyes than I knew were there Like a map of the roads left behind and a thousand-mile stare I don't have to listen too hard to hear the voice in my mind It ain't pretty 'til it is when it ages like wine Like fine country wine It's in my blood, it's in my bones It's in every single word To every single song, I've been singin' It ain't me to be cut out and sold Man, why can't you see? It's in my blood I use what I'm given Making this living I do what comes honest to me Oh It's in my blood, it's in my bones It's in every single word To every single song, I've been singin' It ain't me to be cut out and sold Man, why can't you see? It's in my blood It's in my bones It's in every single word To every single song, I've been singin' It ain't me to be cut out and sold Man, why can't you see? It's in my blood It's in my blood In my blood Oh, it's in my bones
It's the comin' of age Isn't that what they say in the years looking back Everything changed Fury was strange When he warned of the 3AM down the track All them people have come to feed on our pain What we should have been Lose yourself in the mirrored house And never Be seen again Dirty witch will seduce you with her eyes Pull the nightshade down And the rest of the town comes wonderin' in Join the parade See the freaks made Givin' into their deepest sin but Age has taught a wise man That history returns No you're never too young Never too old To be caught up in something For which you will burn Mr. Dark with the hand tattoos ain't right Mr. Dark on the carousel Takes you on an endless ride and By the prickin' of my thumb Something wicked this way comes Something wicked that way goes He'll be back My son the dark don't stay gone long The lost miss him when he's gone It's hell disguised as fun Something wicked this way comes Dirty witch will seduce you with her eyes Mr. Dark on the carousel Takes you on an endless ride and By the prickin' of my thumb Something wicked this way comes Something wicked that way goes He'll be back My son the dark don't stay gone long The lost miss him when he's gone It's hell disguised as fun Something wicked this way comes Something wicked this way comes And go Something wicked this way comes It always comes back
See the man run from his problems See the man face down in a bottle See the man realize ol' ghost ride along But you can't drive When you're too damn stoned See the man in a three piece suit See the man in a Rolls Royce car You know that man's realized that he can't buy friends But he buys all the drinks all night long You see the man goin' down in flames It ain't about money Lord ain't about fame You see that man goin' down on his knees As he begs for one more please Shoot 'em down I didn't pull the trigger but I gave him the gun One more round In the chamber then it's done If he could see Through these eyes I've seen Then he'll put that bottle down Stop drinking to the ground See the man turning off the bar lights See the man thank God to see his home light You see that man dead sober when he walks through the door But when you drink all alone you can drink till four See the man pickin' out a song See the man put the guitar down We see that man realize another day's passed by But you can't find the bed when you spinnin' around See the man going down in flames It ain't about money Lord it ain't about fame You see the man going down on his knees As he begs for one more please Shoot 'em down This time I pulled the trigger till I emptied the gun No more rounds In the chamber then it's done Lord I see Through these eyes I've seen Go on and put that bottle down Stop drinking to the ground Shoot 'em down This time I pulled the trigger 'till I emptied the gun No more rounds In the chamber then it's done Lord I see Through these eyes I've seen Go on and put that bottle down Stop drinking to the ground
It was tractors and combines Freezin' in deer blinds Sunburns from sittin' All day in the boat It was mud tires on my truck Son make your own luck Yes ma'am and no ma'am Do what she told you It was boy take your best shot Good names all that you've got Take care of your sister The best you know how It was stand on your own feet Give God the glory That's what you taught me So I'll tell you now When you can't remember When you can't put names with the faces Remember the places Why you stand where you do When you can't remember I'll tell you we broke the cycle We stayed together Like you prayed that we would No they don't make Heroes like they used to When you can't remember It was barrooms and guitars Dreamin' on big stars Payin' those dues 'Cause that's what we do It was marriage and babies Son that's your lady You love that girl a And cherish those children Now it's grandkids and son When you think we'll go fishin'? How'd it become the cats And the cradle so soon All of these beautiful memories I cherish Is my way of saying dad I love you When you can't remember When you can't put names with the faces Remember the places Why you stand where you do When you can't remember I'll tell you we broke the cycle We stayed together Like you prayed that we would When you can't remember You can't put names with the faces You can't remember the places Why you stand where you do When you can't remember I'll tell you we broke the cycle Yeah we stayed together Like you prayed that we would When you can't remember I'll tell you we broke the cycle Yeah we stayed together Like you prayed that we would No they don't make Heroes like they used to Every heroes gonna have their December When you can't remember When you can't remember
Well the face that's starin' at me in the mirror Ain't a face that a young man can recall The lines are getting deeper And my hairs are turnin' grey It's a wonder I have any left at all This winter it came on me like a wildfire Burnin' cold and creepin' into these ol' bones With harvest come and gone Another year is winding down It's best that I be getting myself gone Just a lonely man that set out long ago for somethin' That was home Well I finally kicked the smokin' and the hard stuff I drank enough for three or four men's lives More habits than an honest man should carry Choices good or bad they've been mine So I've changed a lot of things that needed changing I started findin' peace with my new demon I got drunk in '99 and I just sobered up last year Guess that I'm still learnin' how to feel Just a lonely man that set out long ago for somethin' Somethin' real Well I ain't afraid of dyin' There's people dying every day I'm afraid of where I've failed at any turn along the way Well I hope tomorrow finds me With a chance to try again Well I pray the weathers good My backs against the wind Just a lonely man that sat out long ago for somethin' That never ends Well I ain't afraid of dyin' There's people dyin' every day I'm afraid of where I've failed at any turn along the way Well I hope tomorrow finds me With a chance to try again I pray the weathers good My backs against the wind That weathers often stormy And that rain'll sting your skin We'll worry about tomorrow When tomorrow comes my friend Take caution through the curves Steadfast through the fray Got some ground to cover and skies are clear today Just a lonely man that set out long ago for somethin' Just a lonely man that set out long ago for somethin' Just a lonely man that set out long ago for somethin'
Monsters are real but they don't live under our beds It ain't no fairytale When they rear their ugly heads Mirrors don't lie I hope I don't see any soon Don't need remindin' I'm the only one in the room I know he likes to show up when I think he's finally gone Preying on my weakness like before I know that I can't fight or face that monster all alone He ain't welcome He don't live here anymore I pray he's done with me but I don't hold my breath If he needs my soul to feed Then I'll starve him to death I know he likes to show up when I think he's finally gone Preying on my weakness like before I know that I can't fight or face that monster all alone He ain't welcome He don't live here anymore I know he likes to show up when I think he's finally gone Preyin' on my weakness like before I know that I can't fight or face that monster all alone He ain't welcome He don't live here anymore Anymore He don't live here anymore Monsters are real
I can't find the silver linin' In the clouds above my head Keep waitin' for the sun to shine But the lightnin' ain't done strikin' yet All the answers lead to questions All the questions lead me astray Fingers pointin' in all directions And I'm bettin' they don't know the way Preacher says that I'll find it in the Bible Doctor says that it's in this pill About died tryin' to find it at the bottom of a bottle From a copper Jack Daniels still How far can a road keep goin'? How deep can a hole go down? How lost is a sinner like me gonna have to be Before he gets found? Do I need to hit rock bottom? Do I need to sell my soul? 'Cause I've given it all I've got And all I've got is out of control The preacher says that I'll find it in the Bible The doctor says that it's in this pill About died tryin' to find it at the bottom of a bottle From a copper Jack Daniels still How far can a road keep goin'? How deep can a hole go down? How lost is a sinner like me gonna have to be Before he gets found? Preacher says that I'll find it in the Bible Doctor says that it's in this pill About died tryin' to find it at the bottom of a bottle From a copper Jack Daniels still How far can a road keep goin'? How deep can a hole go down? How lost is a sinner like me gonna have to be Before he gets found? How lost is a sinner like me gonna have to be Before he gets found?
There's an old road Buried deep down in my mind That I go to sometimes When I'm lonely Little front porch Man if those rockin' chairs could talk I'd give anything at all If I could only Pull the words out of these walls Jesus loved me this I know For the bible told me so And the sand was in my toes Not a glass Throwing rocks and paper planes Leavin' pennies for the train Had more days down the road Than in the past When heroes never died And time didn't fly I used to think I couldn't wait to leave this place Take my foot off of the break And hit the fast lane If I could go back I'd tell that boy to slow it down Keep that innocence around A little longer Ain't no turning back the clock Jesus loved me this I know For the bible told me so And the sand was in my toes And not a glass Throwing rocks and paper planes Leavin' pennies for the train Had more days down the road Than in the past When heroes never died And time didn't fly Jesus loved me this I know For the bible told me so And the sand was in my toes And not a glass Throwing rocks and paper planes Leavin' pennies for the train Had more days down the road Than in the past Heroes never died And time didn't fly And time didn't fly
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