I aint got nobody I don't have a bridge to build Better safe than sorry Mama hide the sleeping pills It's another morning after the night before I remember
I sat down last week To write a song about love Something to make young lovers cry But I was lost in doubt I'd never had what I was writing about So
It's a lonely road, it's a dead man's path It's a crazy ride, not made to last I've only shed one tear, for just one soul And how hard I loved her, she
Oh Lord please forgive me for what I'm about to do I'm running on empty and my options are few You know that I did the best that I can But i've done
Empty parking lot, half a cigarette I got it off the ground, so it's a little wet I'm on the Southside, walking sideways I got too drunk again Now it
The sinners and the saints and the suicide girls Passion into darkness and the pawnshop pearls One place, one time, one love, we owned the night And
Look at us here, sittin around Pissed off at the world, pretending to drown A memory, and fix reality Afraid to admit, here in the bar We're pieces of
More road up ahead My radio still broken The spinning of the wheels and the fenceline lead my way Your picture on the dash And the need to fly so high
There's a comfort in the cross On the hill above the town Something steady for the meek When it all comes crashing down I've been known to talk to Jesus
They call you the Killer, say your like a disease You got the world in your pocket but you ain't foolin me You want something different, mama I understand
I still think of you and forget my name Forget the rules to this filthy game I'm still your fool and I'm not ashamed to say Your voice the song stuck
I've got the western stars to guide me Dixie Sweet and low all night low I can hear those fiddles high above me A woman smiles as I sing my song I've
I've died a thousand times since you left me I stared down the barrel of a thousand loaded guns I caught a midnight ride headed somewhere To be born
The Concho Valley is on fire tonight It's spilling out into the streets The blessed scream of a newborn dream Making love in my backseat All of us together