Lady luck was a day late And a dollar short to boot Johnny law caught her running Cross the county line The next day when the papers ran Everybody already knew That the luck run out And she might do a little time We don’t mind if our story takes some time As long as it ends in ever after We don’t care if life ain’t always fair I wouldn’t wanna get...Learn More

Back porch picking Clocks still ticking I’m still kicking Work in the morn Drinking whiskey like it’s wine Spending money like it’s time Living days like nights What a hard, hard life what a hard, hard life Seconds bleeding One more repeating Could be sleeping But the crowd seems to grow Almost morning Lines still forming Pots still warming Up...Learn More

I landed in a valley trying to get home Neatly tucked up among seven hills And I can guarantee you That it ain’t the most well-known Of the cities they call Fayetteville That’s cause you see the locals They seems to like it that way If I say too much they might just run me out So I am afraid that with you I must stay vague But I can lightly touch...Learn More

Somewhere in the back of my mind Your love will not depart I’ll take your hand put it in mine And a long, long walk we will start There’s not always somewhere to be I don’t see no list of to-do’s Sometimes my mind runs away with me Here’s to hoping you’ll follow suit Somehow I walked all those miles I opened bottles and bottles of wine Had I...Learn More

When the sun rises I’m laying down vices But the night ain’t over so you better gangway And all my friends they say, “Ohhh, this again” But tonight you got to pay to play So come on everybody step right up And place your bets On my last, last night of cocaine and cigarettes Me being done is at a million to one And in the morning it’s nine to...Learn More

There’s a train leaving Houston Nothing’s getting in its way Most people say that I am useless But I’m not that useless today No I’m not that useless today Hopped a train out of Carolina I’m headed home before the fall They put a party on a mountain Way up in the hills of Arkansas Way up in the hills of Arkansas (Tell me have you seen it) Have...Learn More

All day long been makin’ them rounds Rally up red buffalo about sundown It’s a mountain top revival Saturday night That’s right We bout’ to see how many wrongs we need to get right Well I’m drinking that shine from a country chalice I’m talking to ted bout to go ask Alice They say that two won’t do so let’s take five Hold tight We bout’ to see how...Learn More

Oh I’m paralyzed by your pair of eyes and it’s Been a while since I’ve seen your smile baby I can’t wait no I will not hesitate cause it’s Been a minute since I’ve been up in it I’ve got time but I ain’t got time to waste I’ve been sitting here for hours watching Sunlight turn to shade You better find you better find a way To put some jingle in...Learn More

People do bad things for money People do evil things for drugs I’ve seen better men than me do worse for love I’ve seen better men than me do worse for love Well good old sheriff baker Down in Madison County Did not abide by his own laws He was taken by the greed Well he made a lot of money Some might have even called him rich Till he drove his...Learn More

I am just a simple man There ain’t much I’m about What your certain we are falling in Feels like falling out You tell me that you love me I want it to be true But I hesitate because you hate everything I do And if me being me upsets you Maybe we need to rethink Us a little further through I won’t become them that they talk about when Their love...Learn More

Well, I never meant to hurt no one Since I’ve been grown, I don’t often draw my gun Cause they don’t make em’ like me no more Hell, I never even learned to run Never meant to hurt no one But I’m tired of fallin’ in line Tired of paying dues and doing time Waking up with angry lovers and wondering why I’m tired of feeling so bad For having such a...Learn More