Give me one reason I should keep this night alone Give me one reason to keep following the rules I got drinks in my bag, I got tires on my bike You know
It?s lonely in the Garden State, the place of no left turns In a motel 6 in East Brunswick smoking till my lungs burn I put ice in the trash can to cool
Sigh?s sitting pretty on the highline out of Minnie And old Rudy?s down the ACL I couldn?t even catch a hopper out of Bonedry clean Just to get to Charlottesville
If I had a dime, for every time I've been in trouble this decade I'd buy myself a boat And make one wish Lord I'd set it in the river, and I'd just drift
One quick minute got me 28 long years But I?d do it again, I don?t regret it He laid his hand on my sister Too many times when I was near And I shot
I was drunk as hell with a friend way back Down by Scotts Addition off a mainline track He said what was on his mind like I?d never heard it Then in
I see guilt in your eyes But there?s some things from me you can?t hide Truth is hard Guilt is easy Nothing?s changed since you left Just an extra room
Every time I stop and think I'm hit with everything that I was taught about right and wrong and what to get used to. They're cheating in the seats of
Endless days and nights alone A free trade zone with the curtains drawn And I?m a drunken mess winning bets on never seeing Boston again I?m tired as
How many days can you stay away, Before someone knows that you're gone? How long can you stay, Before you miss moving on? Songs, spinning wheels, and
I was high on cocaine, I was down on luck Was swimming laps in whisky, boy, I could feel you catching up Hey Gumshoe Andy, you?re going down with me
I went back to the corner store To buy another round I found a penny gone and picked it up But it was faced head down I represent all that?s wrong And
The bomb fell but didn?t ignite in your eyes And your scars are safe from sight below shirt sleeves tonight You said if you never heard your name again
When my girl got pregnant well I dropped right out of school But there?s no work in South Hill so what else could I do? The recruiter?s came-a-knocking
Well, it?s hot as two Julys and I?m cold as ten Decembers What I?m doing here, man, I can?t remember Don?t you know? Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, don?t you know
If I make it that far, well, I won't need much Just a little confidence and more luck Won't need patience that comes at me in waves Yeah, I can do without
I can hear a train passing at the Rivanna Junction I can?t decide on which way it?s going Probably to Gladstone and on west to Lynchburg Then off to
Those Texas Cops are mean, man, I?ll tell you how I know Cause even riding clean, they?ll put you face down on the hood Then they make you shuck and