No Deal Lyrics - Steve Earle

(townes van zandt) 

Now this man down at the used car lot 

Tried to sell me four wheels and a trunk. 

I said, "man, there is no engine!", 

He said, "the engine's just a bunch of junk. 

You don't need no engine to go downhill 

And I could plainly see, that that's the direction 

You're headed in", and he handed me the keys 

(I said) no deal; you can't sell this stuff to me 

No deal, I'm going back to tennessee 

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Well, I went to a doctor of the highest order, 

He said I couldn't have a drink for a year. 

One glass of wine on my birthday 

If my birthday wasn't too very near. 

Lord, he must have put me in a state of shock 

'cause I made it for about two weeks; 

Then he sent me a bill 

That knocked me flat off the wagon 

And back down on my feet 

When true love knocked upon my door 

She'd just barely turned fifteen 

And I was a little bit nervous 

If you know just what I mean. 

But I've heard somewhere 

That true love conquers all 

And I figured that was that 

Then I started having dreams 'bout 

Being chased out of town 

Wearing nothing but my cowboy hat. 

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Well, I come through this life a stumbler, my friends 

I expect to die that way 

It could be twenty years from now 

It could be most any day. 

But if there is no whiskey and women, lord, 

Behind them heavenly doors 

I'm gonna take my chances down below, 

And of that you can be sure