One night in Kansas City after we had played the show

Shots rang out as I stumbled home
So I hid behind a dumpster in an alley down the street
I didn’t want to know if they were shooting at me
Next morning in the paper read a man had lost his life
Twenty feet away from me but I got out alive

Chorus:
I learned more from these cities than I ever did in class
And I stand accused of living way to fast
Out here on this highway one thing stays the same
It’s gonna find me trouble knows my name

At four in the morning in the city of New Orleans

The tables got my money even though my friends had warned me
So I hopped in the taxi, we headed down Canal
By the time we got back to the bus it had already gone down
It was a bucket full of concrete through our window
We were getting robbed but the cops they never showed

I learned more from these cities than I ever did in class
And I stand accused of living way to fast
Out here on this highway one thing stays the same
It’s gonna find me trouble knows my name

Instrumental

Bridge:
No I wouldn’t want it any other way
Not knowing what might happen today, ain’t that a shame

In Missoula Montana we were out on tour

With country music’s brightest star that we knew for sure
And I won’t say what we did but one of us went too far
Got picked up by the police after we all left the bar
That next morning we looked everywhere
Bout the time we hit the stage he’d barely posted bail

I learned more from these cities than I ever did in class
And I’ve seen the world through the bottom of the glass
Out here on this highway one thing stays the same
It’s gonna find me trouble knows my name
Yeah It’s gonna find me trouble knows my name

G D A (2x)

Everybody get your ticket, its almost time
To set up this freak show and watch me unwind
For the next ninety minutes well be havin the time of our lives
I might sing something pretty if Im feeling loved
I might kick out the footlights if I drink too much
Ill give it all that I have hoping this time it might be enough
Til they pack up my guitars and unplug my star

Chorus:

Oh, a ringmasters night gets lonely
After the big top comes down
Yeah, cause I go from being somebody
To just another clown
When the circus leaves town

Well its cold, dark and empty back in my cage
And its all wasted hours til Im back on stage
And its scary sometimes what I will do to pass them away
You learn live for the lights when theyre keeping you alive

Chorus:

Oh, a ringmasters night gets lonely
After the big top comes down
Yeah, cause I go from being somebody
To just another clown
When the circus leaves town

Chorus:

Oh, a ringmasters night gets lonely
After the big top comes down
Yeah, and I go from being somebody
To just another clown
When the circus leaves town

Outro:

When the circus leaves town
Im leaving this town

G D A (repeat and fade)