Seven years of hard luck, comin' down on me. From the Florida border, yeah up to Nashville, Tennessee. I worked in every joint you can name, mister every honky tonk.
Seven years of hard luck, comin' down on me. From the Florida border, yes up to Nashville, Tennessee. I worked in every joint you can name, mister, every honky tonk.
Wino on the street. drinkin' a bottle of booze. Ain't got nothing to say, yeah. and he don't got much to lose. Times are on his face. blisters on his brain.
Seven years of hard luck, comin' down on me. From the Florida border, yes up to Nashville, Tennessee. I worked in every joint you can name, mister, every honky tonk.
One, two, three, two, two, three. . White dove sittin' on a blackberry bush. Is there any questioning why. Tell me what heaven you're bound for today.
Well, its eight o'clock in Boise, Idaho. I'll find my limo driver. Mister, take us to the show. I done made some plans for later on tonight. I'll find a little queen.
You got to love ol' Charlie Daniels. You got to cut the rug with Wet Willie too. And you got to be a fan of the Marshall Tucker Band. Before I'll sit down and have a drink with you.
Like a restless leaf in the autumn breeze,. Once, I was a tumbleweed. Like a rolling stone, cold and all alone,. Livin' for the day my dream would come.
This is a story 'bout livin'. A tale of a long hard road. Ain't a whole lot of misgivin's. Of the things that I thought I sowed. My daddy was a real hard worker.
Like a restless leaf in the Autumn breeze,. Once, I was a tumbleweed.. Like a rolling stone, cold and all alone,. Livin' for the day my dream would come..
Well I heard it on the late night radio. For the umpteenth time headin' from LA to the Florida coast. I was between black coffee and shifting gears. When the second verse took a turn and brought me to tears.
Way down yonder you can hear the wind blow. Through the tall grass growing in the old bayou. The old bayou. . There's a dark haired woman that looks so fine.
Well he's truckin' on down from Memphis. Cruisin' down to New Orleans. Tonight he sleeps alone with a cajun queen. Well there's smoke from the stacks a-blowin'.
I'd like to tell y'all a story. About a friend of mine. Who liked to drink good whiskey, oh Lord. And have a real good time. His woman, you know she left him.
Train roll on, on down the line,. Won't you please take me far, far away. Now I feel the wind blow, outside my door,. I'm leavin' my woman at home, oh yeah.
I was born a travelin' man, that's all I'll ever be. Moving around from town to town is what makes me so free. My father was a trucker for the years of 23.
I was born a travellin' man, that's all I'll ever be. Moving around from town to town, it's what makes me so free. My father was a trucker for the years since '23.
Dig down and tell me what you find. Back in the pages left behind. Everybody's got a story. Ours ain't no different from the rest. Each step we take, it's just a test.
I'm just a city boy. But there's a small town side to me. And I feel it closin' in. . Are we too blind to see. That she's die-in' more each day. And she's cryin' out to you and me.
Well the sun don't shine where it used to. And the angels are hidin' their heads. People don't listen to their hearts anymore. Seems the good men all are dead.