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Survived My Life
04:25
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I’ve been drinking and drugging
And I’ve got no repentance
It’s a miracle I can make a coherent sentence
I was given it all I threw it all away
But I’m doing alright somehow, some way
And there are things I’ve done that I will never admit
But I still drink and smoke and cuss and spit
And I don’t mean to brag but I’ve got the right
I’ve made it through one hell of a fight
I’ve been broken and burned but I have seen the light
Sometimes I can’t believe that I’ve survived my life
It hasn’t been all bad in fact there’s been some good
But I still haven’t found my way out of the woods
I quit tying up strippers in my hotel room
But I’m a street corner shaman prophesying doom
I’ve been down town and got my shoes shined
I have wallowed in the gutter with society’s slime
I’ve walked the darkest alleys of the streets at night
I’ve embraced the darkness and forsaken the light
And I tell you these things not wishing to boast
I just had to get a few things off of my chest
Just to laugh in the face of misery and strife
Sometimes I can’t believe that I’ve survived my life
One day the wind will blow through my bones
And I’ll lay upon that desolated prairie all alone
And the rain will merge my body with the earth
But in my hand I’ll hold the whip and make the devil push that stone
There’s a tale they tell under cover of dark
In the midtown bungalows and trailer parks
About a man who just refused to die
Thought the world kept trying to kill him and
I can tell you it’s true, for I am him
Anything can be solved by a song and a bottle of gin
Anything you don’t lose, best believe you can win
Surround yourself with a good woman and good friends
One more thing before I turn out the light
There’s one more thing to think about tonight
You can shoot down the moon and have yourself a slice
And you better believe that you can survive your life
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2. |
Amber Skies
02:18
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Instrumental
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Too Far Gone
04:33
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They say life is a journey not a destination
But I’m destined to journey all over creation
Like the old man would tell us drove us out of our mind
You will know what I’m looking for whenever I find it
And I understand now what I couldn’t back then
That life is a game that none of us will win
And the echoes of laughter will fade on the wind
And I hope you’ll find comfort in the box you’ll be in
But I’m already too far gone
Like some old western hero riding into the sun
Made a deal with the devil signed it without a care
Guess I’ll know where I’m going whenever I get there
In a hotel two stops past the last chance saloon
Where the call girls are royalty ravaged and doomed
And the rats make great pets and the danger’s assumed
And the lights are all red but everyone looks so blue
That’s where you’ll find me alone in my room
With my pen and my guitar, my pills and my gloom
Wrote your name on the wall to the left of the shelf
I’m so glad you introduced me to myself
But I’m already too far gone
Like some old western hero riding into the sun
Made a deal with the devil signed it without a care
Guess I’ll know where I’m going whenever I get there
-Repeat-
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Terrified Of Love
03:28
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It could be lurking behind any darkened doorway
It could catch you wide awake or in your dreams
One thing that I know is that you’ll never have it your way
Trapped in an endless maze of clever wicked schemes
Creeps up behind you like some killer with a switchblade
Or like a vicious cruel gaze it looks down from above
Might place a dagger in your heart before your life has really started
That’s exactly why I’m terrified of love
But I’m still in love with love
It seems to be the only thing I’m ever dreaming of
But I’m fucking terrified of love
It just might let you down when push comes to shove
Once there was a sailor and he got lost out at sea
His ship was sinking but he saved a letter from a girl so sweet
Within was written a confession of a never ending passion
As he drifted he clung on to life just for that very obsession
Two weeks later from some miracle that sailor he was found
When he returned to shore he found that girl she had not stuck around
When she heard the news she did not mourn she went off to the bar
Got drunk on rum and rode off in some brand new Cadillac car
But I’m still in love with love
It seems to be the only thing anybody’s ever dreaming of
But I’m fucking terrified of love
It’s going to let you down when push comes to shove
Poets talk such nonsense of the sunshine
Love is a voodoo curse I’ll be the first to say
For one brief moment you will swear that love has saved your mortal soul
Tell that to all the tortured souls that love has led astray
But I’m still in love with love
It seems to be the only thing I’m ever dreaming of
But I’m fucking through with love
It just might let you down when push comes to shove
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Under The Table
04:09
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I remember it as though it were just yesterday
I was a young buck standing right on top of the world
I was a wild boozing legend down in Texas
When I ran into that heavy drinking girl
It took place in a cantina down in Juarez
She was sitting on a barstool all alone
I confidently sauntered up beside her
How was I to know that soon I’d change my tone
The first shot of tequila went down easy
By five and six I’d abandoned salt and lime
I began to realize I was in trouble
When by shot thirteen she hadn’t blinked an eye
You drank me under the table again
Be it whiskey wine tequila rum or gin
Might be stubborn pride or suicide as I try not to give in
Try as I might I lost the fight and I know I’ll never win
I knew that I had found my loving woman
When she began chasing her tequila with gin
But I must admit it gets a bit frustrating
Now she’s laughing as my head begins to spin
I tell you that it was a mighty battle
Though the only one that fought it was me
I must have fallen right out of the saddle
I don’t remember falling asleep beneath that tree
-Chorus-
I swear to you that once I was a legend
That I could out drink any man alive
But I lost my status to that heavy drinking woman
Then she left me for some wino named Clyde
So now I’ve put my drinking days behind me
I’m God fearing and my life is free from sin
But the trouble is if she finds me then I know I can’t say no
And she’ll just drink me under the table again
-Chorus-
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