Burnt fried chicken and Lone Star beer
Cops and the kids drink free ‘round here
Girl behind the bar is takin’ what she’s givin’
Lyin’ ‘bout her past and tryin’ to make a livin’
Broke pool table and some hard luck cues
Go tell your mama, I done paid my dues
Everyone ‘round here knows my name
Six nights a week in the Neon Flame, I got a gig, baby

(SOLO)

There’s an old lion tamer parked behind the bar
A hundred pounds of weed in a stolen car
Oil patch boys and girls who went to college
Rules you don’t break and laws that ain’t knowledge
Barefoot shrimper with a pistol up his sleeve
Some will go to heaven, some will never leave
Pills in the tip jar, blood on the strings
Lord, I never thought I’d see these things, I got a gig, baby

Eight line machine and a sailor’s daughter
Somethin’ makes ‘em crazy growin’ up on the water
Playin’ for my supper six nights a week
Hurricanes, Easter and New Years Eve
I got a gig, baby
I got a gig, baby

Well, I know you’ve been around and you’ve seen what you needed to see
And at night when you’re dreamin,’ you’re probably not dreamin’ bout me
D D7 G walk down Em
Oh, it’s safe to say I’ve stumbled but I’ve managed to make it through this far
As I take one step and then another, I wonder, what my chances are

I have watched the world go by hand in hand, and wondered why I’m still so alone
Could I lay down my foolish pride, maybe finally find my heart a home?

The band has started playing a simple song I used to know
I take your hand and walk you out, dance to the rhythm way down low
D D7 G walk down Em
Every heart has got a story mine just has a few scars
But they could heal if you would hold me and tell me what my chances are
Well, they could heal if you would hold me and tell me what my chances are

I KEEP KNOCKIN OVER WHISKEYS
NO ONES LAUGHIN AT MY JOKES
THEY GOT ME SPINNIN ROUND IN CIRCLES
LIKE A TIN CAN IN THE SPOKES

WHEN I LEFT TOWN THIS MORNIN
WITH A SMILE UPON MY FACE
AHH BABE I SWEAR I NEVER KNEW
ID END UP IN THIS PLACE

CHORUS:
RUN AWAY LITTLE DARLIN
YOU DONT NEED ME ANYMORE
IVE BEEN OUT HERE FOR TOO LONG
IT AINT LIKE IT WAS BEFORE

IF I GET BACK HOME TO HOUSTON
IM GONNA TIP MY HAT AND CRY
WHEN I LEFT I WAS A YOUNGER MAN
TOO PROUD TO SAY GOODBYE
IM GONNA WAKE UP IN THE MORNIN
WITH A CONSCIENCE TEN FEET TALL
IM GONNA LAY MY HEAD DOWN WISER
OR I WONT LAY DOWN AT ALL

REPEAT CHORUS

YOU USED TO LIVE OUT ON THE BORDER
WHERE NO ONE ELSE COULD REACH
NOW I CANT ASK A QUESTION
WITHOUT YOU GIVIN A SPEECH
YOU SAID, I NEVER CARED
BABE YOU KNOW THAT ISNT TRUE
ITS JUST THE ONLY THING YOU ASKED OF ME
WAS THE ONE THING I CANT DO

REPEAT CHORUS

Stranger wearin’ all black, met me on the tarmac
Told him I was sorry but I ain’t ever going back
He said, ?You ain’t in trouble son, learn to fight without a gun
Got a new assignment now, you’re working for the Pentagon?
Gonna take a trip, wouldn’t tell me what it’s for
Gotta serve your country, gonna help us win the war
M.I.T. Ph.D.’s, night & day, they’re testing me
Ain’t what I was thinking but I’m bein’ all that I can be
I ain’t no genius but I knew it wasn’t right
Eating uppers in the morning and LSD at night
Send me off to deep space, help ‘em win the arms race
Hola mi, oh mighty, but this sht has got a funny taste

(SOLO)

I think I hear the countdown, hundred feet above the ground
Told me when I’m leavin’ but a-nothing ‘bout a-coming down
Sittin’ on a bad dream, thousand pounds of gasoline
Ain’t leavin’ nothing but some rubble and my slipstream
Mama always said I should be aimin’ for the moon
Never would’ve guessed that I’d be passin’ by soon
How the hell’d I get here? Blastin’ through the atmosphere
Drop the rocket boosters and I’m shiftin’ into high gear
Bowie on the system and a bottle on my knee
Armstrong ain’t got nothing on me
Hey ho, here we go, KMAG YOYO
Someone wanna get me, gotta come up where the sun don’t go

(SOLO)

I think I see a bright light, something ‘bout it ain’t right
I laid down in a spaceship, woke up in a firefight
Trippin’ from the morphine, came down in a bad scene
God, don’t let me die here, I ain’t even nineteen
I won’t ever ask you, Lord, for anything again
I’ll swear it on the Bible, Torah, Koran
Lyin’ in a rhino track ‘bout to have a heart attack
I.E.D. got to me, someone call the Medevac
I need some fixin’ after where it is I’ve been
Never wanna go and try and shoot a gun again
Slippin’ out the back door, gonna join the Peace Corps
Tell me I’m a hero now so someone else can fight this war

WELL I WEAR BIG BRITCHES AND I WALK REAL TALL
I’M EATIN’ SWEET POTATOES, IF I’M EATIN’ MUCH AT ALL
WAKE UP IN THE MORNIN’ JUST A TALKIN’ TO THE WALL
HEY BABY WHERE YOU BEEN

CHORUS 1:

C WLKDOWN D
AND ALL MY LIFE I TRIED SO HARD TO FIND
C WLKDOWN D
BUT YOU JUST KEPT RUNNIN’ ROUND AND ROUND MY MIND
BUILD ME A RAINBOW, TALL AND HIGH
SIT ME IN THE CLOUDS EATIN’ MOONBEAN PIE
WALK ACROSS THE VALLEY JUST TO HEAR YOU SIGH
HEY BABY WHERE YOU BEEN

WELL LONG TALL BILLY WITH HIS BLUE SUEDE SHOES
HE’S WALKIN’ ROUND THE CORNER WITH THE FORT WORTH BLUES
WOULDA BET A DOLLAR BUT HE MIGHTA HAD TO LOSE
HEY BABY WHERE YOU BEEN

AND I CAN’T GO NORTH CAUSE I CAN’T STAND SNOW
I START DRINKIN’ HEAVY WHEN THE COLD WINDS BLOW
BETTER STICK AROUND FOR JUST ONE LAST SHOW
SAYIN’ HEY BABY WHERE YOU BEEN

CHORUS 2:

C WLKDOWN D
I WALKED UNTIL MY HEART WAS BLACK AND BLUE
C WLKDOWN D
SEARCHIN’ FOR A TRACE OR SIGHT OF YOU
BUILD ME A RAINBOW, TALL AND HIGH
SIT ME IN THE CLOUDS EATIN’ MOONBEAN PIE
WALK ACROSS THE VALLEY JUST TO HEAR YOU SIGH
HEY BABY WHERE YOU BEEN
HEY BABY WHERE YOU BEEN

The time has come, there is no second chance
We?ve been drifting on an empty aching sea
You were the girl I never knew I wanted
I was the boy you hoped you?d never see

Chorus:
And it?s a shame that we ain?t lovers
We could have been somethin? so big and grand
Just kissin? for hours underneath that sweet magnolia
Beggin? for answers, tryin? to make a stand

Been burnin? up the hours, talkin? to the midnight
Just dreamin? of ways I could hold you next to me
But maybe it just wasn?t meant, all things have a reason
Maybe our hearts were just to careless and free
Chorus
There was a time, when you would have had me
There was a time I could have had you
But it?s too late, another path has come and gone again
I’m at the back door with a broken window view thinkin?
Chorus
I’m tired of writin? but I can?t put down my pen
It?s too late now to talk or turn back
So just hold on, cause baby here we go again
Headin? the wrong way down that one way track
Chorus

Richey Lee was his father’s boy
Big, loud, hard drinkin bundle of joy
A walkin laugh, wrapped up in corduroy
Richey couldn’t do no wrong
Grew up with a fast runnin’ crowd
Good bunch of boys, just a little too loud
Can’t fault a man for being proud
Richey kept rollin’ on
Spent his days in a rock and roll band
Tellin jokes a guitar in his hand
Tryin hard to meet every demand
Of all those late night shows
Whiskey drunk on a Saturday night
She caught his eye comin’ out of the light
Half way there he had to get in a fight
Back home, that’s just the way it goes

Strange days they leave you in wonder
And good times, they don’t always stay
And true love it will shake you like thunder
But old friends just fade away, old friends just fade away
Summertime on the river again
Fishin poles and a two dollar grin
Ain’t ever gonna laugh like that again
Fallin’ right to the ground
Count the miles down to New Orleans
Borrowed cash and dirty blue jeans
Couple of boys lookin’ for Cajun queens
Thinkin’ they own the town
But we all left to find work out of town
Even wild ones they slow down
Richey felt like he was comin unwound
Got tired of playin’ the game
Liquor bottles pilin’ up before noon
Richey said he just needed some room
We all saw the end comin’ way too soon
And man that’s an awful shame
Chorus

Theres a boy outside standin in the rain
His hands are in his pockets hes a
wonderin why he came
Hes a real nice boy, slower than the fall
The girls call him Billy if theyre callin
him at all
And who knows Billy?
Maybe you could be the one

Chorus:
But hearts dont fly And words dont sing
Boys like you cant buy no ring
Loves not stuck It just moves slow
Turn around a minute And away we go

Billy walked inside, ordered up a drink
He started gettin nervous and a wonderin
what shed think
She thought he looked nice, rough around
the seams
Just the kind of boy who could listen to
her dreams
And who knows Katie? Maybe he could be the one

Well, they stepped outside, and took a
little walk
Katie held his hand and Billy even talked
They sat by the pond, they didnt make a
sound
The night fell easy as the moon came
down
And who knows baby?
Maybe we could be the one

Repeat Chorus

Theres a girl downtown with freckles on
her nose
Pencils in her pocket and ketchup on her
clothes
Shes a real nice girl, pretty as a plate
The boys call her Katie when they ask her
on a date

And who knows Katie?
Maybe you could be the one
Who knows Katie?
Maybe you could be the one
Who knows baby?
Maybe we could be the one

CAPO V:

I DRINK TOO MUCH AND I SMOKE TOO MUCH
I LAUGH AT ALL MY OWN JOKES TOO MUCH
IM HARD TO TELL AND SOFT TO TOUCH
AND EASY AT SAYIN GOODBYE

I BROKE YOUR HEART, A THOUSAND TIMES
WITH WASTED NIGHTS AND RAMBLIN RHYMES
I THOUGHT ID LEAVE, YOU THOUGHT BEHIND
BUT TIME JUST WOULDNT, LET GO

CHORUS:

I WALK THE STREETS, I KICK THE CANS
TORE DOWN WALLS WITH MY TWO HANDS
AND STILL ACROSS, MY FLOOR YOU STAND
WILLING, TO LOVE, AGAIN

SOLO

OUT OF ALL THE DREAMS, IN THIS WHOLE WORLD
HOWD YOU GET SO UNLUCKY GIRL
TO FIND A SHELL, THAT HAD NO PEARL
AND A MAN WHO COULDNT, FIND HOME

I FEEL TOO MUCH, I PROTECT TOO MUCH
AND MOST TIMES I PROBABLY EXPECT TOO MUCH
I SPEND MY LIFE, ON THIS BROKEN CRUTCH
AND YOU BELIEVE I CAN FLY

REPEAT CHORUS

AND STILL ACROSS, MY FLOOR YOU STAND
WILLING, TO LOVE, AGAIN

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