Oh I’m elated and I strap on my boots Leather’s degraded but I feel so brand new And I’ll drink down my cup, cause it might be my last Tilt that bottle up and I’m knocking ‘em back Oh yeah Rolled into town, the asphalt’s hot and sweet The chipseal on the highway ate the bottoms of my feet I told myself before that I was never coming back Now I’m sitting here wasting time with my head all full of tracks Oh yeah The world ain’t nothing but a holding cell There ain’t no heaven, I pray there ain’t no hell When I’m gone, don’t you think about me Oh so long, leave me be Just leave me be Down off that mountain, now I’m drowning in the sea And although I’m all alone, I can never find no peace Cause I’m haunted by the memory of all I’ve ever done Howling at the moon and I can’t stand to see the sun Oh yeah That’s why I keep it moving, cause I can’t stand still I know I drink too much, butI can never drink my fill Keep my boots beneath me, horizon in my sight I’d love to stay with you, but I’ve got to catch an early flight Oh yeah The world ain’t nothing but a holding cell There ain’t no heaven, I pray there ain’t no hell When I’m gone, don’t you think about me Oh so long, leave me be Just leave me be

I’ve been biding my time I’ve been taking it slow And I’ve been feeling bad babe, you’ve got to know Girl, you got to know Devil’s waiting for me out my back door I’d get up to let him in but my body’s so sore Oh my body’s so sore And I don’t want trouble no more I don’t want trouble no more I don’t want trouble no more Lying down to sleep my body tosses and turns I’m howling for the moon and my eyes they burn Oh my eyes they burn I’m sitting in the grass just to watch it grow I’m gonna dig me a hole, I dig it nice and low I dig it nice and low I don’t want trouble no more I don’t want trouble no more I don’t want trouble no more Trouble all my days and I don’t know what it means Feel like I’m always tearing apart at the seams Pass me the bottle or just leave me alone Gonna find me a place that I can rest my bones That I can rest my bones That I can rest my bones High tonight but I’ll be low in the morning Drifting in the ocean and it’s tossing and storming Lord, I’m down, I ain’t never getting up Why don’t you pour another drink in my cup? Another drink in my cup Another drink in my cup And I don’t want trouble more I don’t want trouble no more I don’t want trouble no more

That lonesome breeze Come along and rustle up my leaves Won't let me be Right past the jailor, well I'll Never see you later Unless I see you soon Lord I'm moving ever onward Argentina you call my name Where the moonlight hits the water And I'm giving it all I can To never look back again To never look back again Every airplane is booked for days Roads are down, the ships set sail But then that train come down Last thing I see Rushin' down to me Thunder through the trees South to warmer seas Won't you come along for the ride? Seeking a better place to hide Where I'll lay you on my knee and you'll say Don't it feel good to be Down in Argentina with you Down in Argentina with you Yes, I’m gonna wait out daylight So I can lay all my Miseries to the grave My whiskey's stronger When you ain’t with me long girl I'm pleading with you, come with me Lord I'm moving ever onward Argentina you call my name Where the moon reflects the water And I'm giving it all I can To never look back again To never look back again Won't you come along for the ride? Seeking a better place to hide Where I'll lay you on my knee and you'll say Don't it feel good to be Down in Argentina with you Down in Argentina with you

It’s been a long time since I’ve felt Just like myself, I guess I’ll try And make it right I stay up late drinking My sorrows away and i know I can’t relate to you I love the way the lazy river Cuts through the mighty stone Just like bad blood cuts through my bones I never claimed to be perfect And I’m sorry if I never tried I was only ever able To be myself, love And I know that’s not what you wanted Of me I take a walk to ease my mind But every step I take I seem to find I can’t even walk a straight line The stars start spinning instead Gonna fall down on top of my head I Should’ve listened to what you said The sunset silhouette it haunts me When I close my eyes it’s all I see Why won’t these memories let me be? I never claimed to be perfect And I’m sorry if I ever wronged you I was only ever able To be myself, love And I know that’s not what you wanted It’s alright now Well I guess I fell down in this big old ditch And the world down here ain’t such a bih And it’s alright now And the birds in the trees and the fish down in the sea They sing with me these songs that ease And it’s alright now And the rain is pounding on my door It’s here to settle up a score And it’s alright now I love the way the wind whispers wisdom in my ear It makes me wonder what’s left to hear And it’s alright now It’s alright now It’s alright now I guess that means sufferings Lend themselves to understanding Or happiness Let’s strip away the silver lining And see that life is really dying We’re running out of time I hold on to all I got I know it ain’t much, it’s just my thoughts And they ain’t so top notch

There ain’t no common sense Just ain’t no consequence And you remember that heart attack? The mountains out here look just like that I got a dog and a pistol and a shack Don’t worry about me, I’m not coming back There goes the last tear I’ll cry Passed on like an heirloom down the line I’m going home with a hole in my back On a Westbound train on a Northbound track Shot me once but my bodies intact Don’t worry about me, I’m not coming back So I drink up my whiskey and fall back to the pines Her heart is a solid rock, and it rolls It rolls around in my mind Am I living or am I dying? Well I suppose it ain’t worth crying anymore There ain’t no common sense Just ain’t no consequence With every moment my heart beats slower My blood drips dry and my bones grow older So what the hell are we moving toward? I may never know I may never know So I drink up my whiskey and fall back to the pines Her heart is a solid rock, and it rolls It rolls around in my mind Am I living or am I dying? Well I suppose it ain’t worth crying anymore

Lord I need to stop lying to myself Lord I need to stop lying to myself They say that it’s better for my health They say that I’m crazy, that it’s all in my head They say that I’m crazy, it’s all in my head I ain’t crazy, no, but I wish that I was dead The bottom of this bottle, it is my only friend The bottom of this bottle is my only friend It seems kinda funny, might also be my end These clouds seem mighty black, Lord, I pray for rain These clouds seem mighty black, Lord, I pray for rain I hope this rain, it’ll wash away my pain Lord, I need a woman who wants a life to save Lord, I need a woman who wants a life to save I need her quick, cause I’ve got one foot in my grave I ain’t got no angels watching over me I ain't got no angels watching over me I said to hell with the Lord, cause he’s forsaken me Preacher man tell me to give Him one more try Preacher man tell me to give Him one more try Said “Boy, get on your knees and pray to the sky” I’ll tell you the truth, and I’ll tell you again I’ll tell you the truth, and I’ll tell you again I ain’t no man of goodness, but a man of sin I ain’t no man of goodness, but a man of sin

There was nothing, nothing and no one Looking for me when I left And I wondered how far I’d go Pulled the trigger, I put one through the long road The long road And I’ll ask myself only once Never again Oh mama Is this really me? A silhouette in the headlights A shadow in the country Is that where I wanna be? Where do I wanna be? Come December I’m as cold as a casket Lonely howling ain't everlasting, no Life alone is a fireball Go in one direction, no protection at all And I’ll ask myself only once Never again Oh mama Is this really me? A silhouette in the headlights A shadow in the country Is that where I wanna be? Where do I wanna be? Is this really me? A silhouette in the headlights A shadow in the country Is that where I wanna be? Where do I wanna be? Lost my eyes In dreadful skies No silver linings await me All I need A den of thieves Melodies of unholy nights to come Joy and sorrow In my possession Might just lessen the blow If I spend my hours With lonely howlers Oh those heavenly devils crying out

I left my brother in Ohio I left my brother in Ohio Poor boy was dead and gone And I had to be moving on I left my brother in Ohio I let my mother and father down I let my mother and father down Better never come home again That’s what my Mama said I let my mother and father down When I dream, I know I’ll dream of him I’ll never be forgiven for my sin I left him all alone, without family or home When I dream, I know I’ll dream of him My mother cried and lit candles My mother cried and lit candles I told her that I’d go just as it began to snow My mother cried and lit candles Father just about lost his mind My father just about lost his mind After all his wasted tears, and all his wasted time My father just about lost his mind When I dream, I know I’ll dream of him I’ll never be forgiven for my sin I left him all alone, without family or home When I dream, I know I’ll dream of him Now I’m out on the road alone Now I’m out on the road alone Sun’s not coming up there’s no one to point me home Now I’m out on the road alone I left my brother in Ohio I left my brother in Ohio Poor boy was dead and gone And I had to be moving on I left my brother in Ohio

I'm going down, darling can't you see Think I'm in love with this steel machine I’m going back so I can set my baby free She took my money, I pawned my watch I'm swimming around in a half a pint of scotch I'm shakin honey and I need my medicine Blind me to this hell I'm in She's with a man who was quick on his feet Couldn't catch him, I hit the streets I'm drinkin hard and flying over cold concrete I hit LA at a hundred miles an hour With a pack of cigarettes and a whiskey sour Sold my truck to ease my mind Sold my soul just to kill my time They see me gleam, see me shine Leave me alone Just let me be That's what she said to me Sixteen years Spent drowning in these tears I need release I'll be with you on the day I die I'll be with you I'll be with you on the day I die The day I die I see you with somebody new Oh lord what can i do? I'm laying low My baby's clean and cold She's clean and cold I'll be with you on the day I die I'll be with you I'll be with you on the day I die The day I die Sixteen years I spent laying low I think i'm driftin back to Chicago Heart's beating fast but i'm driving nice and slow I'm going back after all these years I'm shaking, Lord, I let my baby steer I'm going down, that ain't no lie She'll shake my hand the day I die The day I die

I ain’t got nothing left but this cigarette And I’m trying so hard just to forget But it keeps coming back, back again Back again Me and this liquor, we are good friends When i finish this whiskey, I’ll switch to gin Lord knows you can’t always, always win You’ve gotta give on in To this world of sin I’m growing weary over nothing Or nothing is just as it seems The world is falling down to pieces Lord knows, you can’t save me, save me Save me You can’t save me Well I’m lonely but I ain’t alone There is no freedom, you’re only owned Just by, just by, just by your home Just by your home My bed is a box of emptiness My room, a cube of loneliness My heart is a hole of blackness Just trying to forget Just to forget I’m growing weary over nothing Or nothing is just as it seems The world is falling down to pieces Lord knows, you can’t be free, be free Be free You can’t be free I once loved a woman, said the same to me And I gave her my heart, she wanted everything She up and she left, it was plain to see It was plain to see The hair of a dog is my morning meal The devil himself has done made me a deal I gave him my soul for something real For something real I’m growing weary over nothing Or nothing is just as it seems The world is falling down to pieces Lord knows, you can’t save me, save me Save me You can’t save me

I am god, I am king I am everything you want me to be You were weak, you were strong You got everything that’s right or wrong They give me everything, they take it back They keep me busy, running around this racetrack Only words bring lonelier things Only lords bring holy wars There’s some sense but there’s no common Everything is planted and nothing is rotten Grab your shoes, grab your hat Head down that road to your lonesome shack Ooh I leave me out to dry Hanging myself up, waiting to decide Is it worth it to get high? I don’t want no one to say Is it worth it anyway? What does it all mean today? It gets so hard just to find A simple means to justify Where’s my mind, and who am I? Who am I? That cup’s half empty, no it’s half full That all depends on who’s carrying the soul I’m drinking wine, I’m drinking whiskey I’m drinking everything that gets me tipsy I get high to remind myself That I’m dying or I’m lying down easy I wish I knew what I was doing Where I was going or what I am pursuing It’s so confusing, yet so amusing I won the battle but the war I’m losing Help me now, help me please Help me get on my feet and off my knees C’mon, c’mon Let’s get lost and leave our bodies behind To a place where no one else can find Grab my hand, I’ll lead you to this land Where our souls can dance in the moonlight Dance in the moonlight Ooh I leave me out to dry Hanging myself up, waiting to decide Is it worth it to get high? I don’t want no one to say Is it worth it anyway? What does it all mean today? It gets so hard just to find A simple means to justify Where’s my mind, and who am I? Who am I?

What good is an anchor That can’t keep the boat ashore? If I had an answer You’d have seen me long, long before You’d have seen me a long time before I’m stranded, helpless And I’m singing the last thing you said to me Well don’t sugarcoat it, darling Just lift me up or toss me to the sea Said toss me back to the sea Don’t leave me in the dust, Mama Don’t leave me in the cold water Can’t you see my head and my heart are with you? It wasn’t long, you left on a dime Please remember me, Adeline And all that’s left is to survive I thought I was through it But I feel ruined And all of my pieces They’re still projecting out into the night All scattered through the starry skies And I’ll hang my head and I’ll cry Don’t leave me in the dust, Mama Don’t leave me in the cold water Can’t you see my head and my heart are with you? It wasn’t long, you left on a dime Please remember me, Adeline And all that’s left is to survive Don’t leave me in the dust, Mama Don’t leave me in the cold water Oh Adeline