Waitin' On The Sky Lyrics - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive - Steve Earle

I grew up in a military town 

Waiting on the sky to fall 

Everybody I knew, hangin' around 

Wondering what to do 

When the draft board calls 

Looking back it musta have been a miracle now 

I ever grew up at all 

To sing about living in a military town 

Waitin' on the sky to fall 

Waitin' on the sky to fall, boys 

Waitin' on the sky to fall 

Chicken Little wasn't makin' nothing but noise? 

Waiting on the sky to fall. 

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Spent a lonely lifetime 

Rollin' on down the line 

Searchin' for the holy grail 

Never once crossed my solitary mind 

That any such consecrated quest'd fail 

Come up upon an ocean and much to my chagrin 

They told me that ship had sailed 

Walkin' on the water, 'cause I never learned to swim 

Searchin' for the holy grail 

Searchin' for the holy grail, friends 

Searchin' for the holy grail 

Been across the ocean and now I'm back again 

Searchin' for the holy grail. 

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Been around enough to know a little bit now 

And I am sitting on top of the world 

Wangin' on a guitar while the sun goes down 

And singin' a song about a redheaded girl 

Was a time I would have said them days was gone 

But, I'm givin' it another whirl 

Didn't know that I was gonna live this long 

Now, I'm sittin' on top of the world 

Sittin' on top of the world, y'all 

Sitting on top of the world 

Eyes wide open till the messenger calls 

Sittin' on top of the world!