When the sun comes up I'll know when I've got no where left to hide. I need some scambled eggs and whiskey on the side. Got a bad taste in my mouth,. Something I said.
I'm going down to Austin, Texas. I'm going down to save my soul. Get that bar-be -que and chili. Eat my fill then come back home. I'm gonna take my baby with me.
And that old time feelin' goes sneakin' down the hall. Like an old gray cat in winter, keepin' close to the wall. And that old time feelin' comes stumblin' up the street.
Now bein' six years old, I had seen some trains before. So it's hard to figure out what I'm at the depot for. . Trains are big and black and smokin' - steam screamin' at the wheels.
Won't say I love you babe. Won't say I need you babe. But, I'm gonna get you babe. And I will not do you wrong. Livin's mostly wastin' time. . I waste my share of mine.
The wicked sky that rules the bitter winter. The blazing sun that burns each little wind. In every season a reason to resent you. Sets me on fire all over again.
When he makes a promise. That he doesn't mean to keep. It burns like a flame inside. . It's alright to spend your night. In tears 'til the fire dies. .
If I were born to be a river. If a river is all I'd be. I tell the giver of all of the rivers. To make me the Tennessee. . How many drops of rain roll off of how many window panes.
I work as a hand in San Saba. Fences and windmills to mend. I been out on a crew, eating tumbleweed stew. Three weeks in the rain and the wind. . I got mud on my boots and blood on my money.
Years ago on an April day. A crowd gathered from miles around. Over a thousand, I heard one say. All around me on the square in town. Ladies dressed up in their best.
Fall down on your knees. Hear the whisper through the trees. No one's come to save you. Let fade the little lies. The sentimental cries. Behold what nature gave you.
This morning I was born again and a light shines on my land. I no longer look for heaven in your deathly distant land. I do not want your pearly gates don't want your streets of gold.
You see, I've never been here. You ask me to dance. My legs would run away before. I never wanted to know. How it would be like. To let me come through you.
Summer in Virginia is calling me back. A boy and his sweetheart I see. We strolled through the crowd on the Fourth of July. The summer when you first loved me.
He was born a William. But he goes by Bill. He's had some big dreams. And he has them still. . Well her name's Samantha. Only he calls her Sam. They grew up together.
That was a tough goodbye. And what tore me down was watchin' her tryin' not to cry. She asked me to stay and for a minute I thought I might. Yeah, that was a tough goodbye.
Well I never once. Backed down from a punch. Well I'd take it square on the chin. Well I found out fast. A bully's just that. You've got to stand up to him.
We walk, we fly, we stay sober, we get high. We sleep all day, stay up all night. Right a wrong, and live our lives. . We work, we play, we leave, and we stay.
Today, he told her that he loved her. Put a ring around her finger. And promised her forever, together.. . Today, she smiled for all the pictures. And he was right there with her.
[Chorus]. Things are tough all over. And I'm losin' badly. I wish you were still here. And I say it sadly. But if you wanna come back. Cause you need a shoulder.