It don't matter if I get my picture on the cover of a magazine You'll never know that I always try to do things right It ain't no sweat if I always forget
Tell me, tell me, why ya gotta spoil my day You smile at me and point a finger to the error of my ways You can't leave it alone Why don't you leave
Well, the boys came lookin' for their soul They wanted all the world to see So they took Alcatraz and did a graveyard dance All they wanted was some
I just blew back in town So I thought I'd hang around I ain't got nothin' else to do Don't see a soul I know This street done took it's toll Got them
After the hurricane, after the wind and rain When we lost everything, after the hurricane It was not the driving rain That let our love go down the
You gotta four piece band and a LA tan You smile at me and you shake my hand But I got something baby that you need And you'll stab me in the back just
Well a long time ago when I left home I never thought I would be Part of a wheel in a cog on a belt that turned the big machine I wanted out on the road
Lightning struck at midnight with the thunder and the rain My sleep was interrupted by the rhythm of a train I asked of the conductor where this ol'
When I started out I thought that I'd make it double quick I had that kinda confidence that I was picked to play But if you could stand in my shoes you
Run a mile run a mile to the river Gonna throw off the hunting hounds Run a mile run a mile to the river Gonna wash away or drown I was only there for
Got me a cajun persuasion way back in the woods Got me a cajun persuasion, you know she'd do me good I wanna jump in my pirogue that's waitin' for me
We used to be so happy we used to be so true We used to think there wasn't anything we couldn't do But they could see right through us we didn't seem
Well it's been years since I made all the rounds And closed up all the honky tonks in town I just got used to being on my own Waiting for no one to call
Disc go down late last night Spinnin' room don't feel right Spirits they all laugh at me 'Cause of my stupidity Cold sweat on my brow Feel it comin'
It's been such a long time since she's talked to me Out here in this phone booth I'm chilled to my knees I dial her number and I just can't believe She
I'm a king among men down at the 'Just Say When' My loyal subjects raise a glass and send a pint my way But when I leave my throne to the castle I go
Well I smoked and I drank another night away I hit it pretty hard again yesterday But I was only waiting up to hear you say "You'd better watch out where
I went out last night and stayed out way too long I looked around and all my friends had gone I stayed so long that I could not go home I need a little
