Man, I've been working too hard Ten hour days and I'm tired Damn this knuckle busting Back breaking, no paying job Know where I'm going from here Hot
Have you looked around, have you heard the sound Mama's cryin' Or do you turn away when you see the face Of the innocent dyin' In these darkest days
I never was all that good at bein' with one woman I never was all that bad at bein' a good man I use to think my time was precious and best spent runnin
You've been living in this big town Just a little too long now You've been looking for a cowboy to take you away From this high-rise citified life You
Normally this time of night you wouldn't find me here I'd be reaching for a good night kiss instead of one more beer I'd never take a second look at the
Another sack of groceries, another tank of gas These days a dollar it goes too quick, man it just don't last Always something, can't catch a break Ain
Momma's in the kitchen Sister's on the phone Daddy's watching TV I was upstairs all alone Pickin' on my guitar Just twicking all my twang Up all night
My daddy used to sing about a preacher man Who lost his wife, she was his whole life He kissed me then he took me in with his old guitar Man that second
I really went and did it this time Done it for good too Woke up this morning couldn't find my baby Crossed over that line one too many times Cheating
Well, I've been swinging through these swinging doors for Goin' on probably about 9 years now, maybe even 10 And I watch old Joe at the end of the bar
I don't mess with the monkey Let him roll right off my back I fly like a bee to the honies Turn a bar to an all out love shack Can I get an Amen, a Hallelujah
Well, I've heard about that life out there in L.A. The movie stars, the bars and chandeliers Well, I guess I'll have to head on out there someday But
Well I don't do things like I used to Well I don't stay gone like I used to Well I don't drop the ball, let everything go wrong No I don't do things like
I've been known to lay around all day Waitin' on that sun to go away Well that's when I'm up and slippin' on my boots And headed out that door to have
Well, baby, there's more stars out here than I can count Oh, but if I could, I'd pull 'em down And I'd keep the few that match the ones there in your
Your love is a drug That I just can't get off of my shoulders There's never enough And I am the junkie that it's taken over I've never tasted something
I have seen my last tomorrow, I am holding my last breath, Goodbye, sweet world of sorrow, My new life, begins with death. I am standing on the mountain
and call it a day But I know me, will I always be this way [CHORUS] Or will I ever be the kind of guy Who?s runnin? home every night To the little house
