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

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'

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 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 t

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 memor

I lost my way
And 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

So I'm not sure if this is prayer, or if it's plea
Beggin' or hopin' or my insanity
You

Livin' on wings and wheels
In my mind we’re made of steel
If you ain't running scared and rough
Then you ain't running fast enough for me

Behind the 8 ball ain't always a bad place to be
You can get out of anything with a dollar and a dream
When your back's against the

I’ve been high, I’ve been low
I’ve been wound up tighter than a hang man’s rope
I broke hearts, I’ve been burned
Taught a lot of lessons but I never learned

I’ve been good, I’ve been bad
Been the best worst friend that you’ve ever had
I’ve been right, I’ve been wrong

I've seen 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 nothing doin'
I just wanna be alone

The right end of the sunrise
It sure looks nice
To see a ne

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's time to pray before I die
I pray dear lord you kno

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 starin' at her thinkin': Mayb

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
So

They ask black sheep of a black sheep’s son
Have you any wool, and I say no sir
I gave it all away

I'm a black sheep of a black sheep
And I’ve been one many times
But that don’t make me anybody’s fool
I gave most to Christ Jesus for saving my soul

For that bet wit

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
Lit that fire, been burnin' tires, hard booze

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 i

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

Loud thunder heavy rain
Thin line ‘tween joy and pain
It's a long strange trip, it's all insane
You ain't ever 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

I got a half a 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 going to need
Because I know you always worry about me drinking my dinner
But I don't do that anymore

I got me a sweet girl at home
She's keep

Backside of thirty came fast, but what's more
I can't remember younger days like before and it's a shame
I've done more runnin' than most any age
Whole lot of prayin' on the backside of a stage, scared to death
Wondering what's next

And I take the long way around every time

So, so you think you can tell heaven from hell, blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?