May 4, 2007

Well I cut my teeth in Baltimore
fell out the womb and I hit the floor
they spanked me and they heard me cry
I'm not staying round here no more


I rolled on down to Chattanooga
Tennessee the in the throws of youth
But I could not stay all that long
cause I quickly burned a bridge or two


Had to roll on back ‘fore my horse gave out
Stuck in the middle of nowhere, no other way out
So I hit the gas and I screamed a prayer
Lord said ‘I hear you son, there's no need to shout’


Well I fell in deep with my old crew
and I had a drink I had a few
the devil danced around my head
singing “we only do what we must do”

(solo)

Well I headed back south with a backing band
a couple of bucks and a faulty plan
but my star fell into my hand
I held on tight and became a man


We hurried off into the pines
where she became a friend of mine
where she became my blushing bride
Good God Almighty she sure is fine


Had to learn to lay my life on down
And to plant a seed in fertile ground
and sure enough as the day is long
Things came popping up all around


Now I got to keep my babies fed
Gotta go to work and make some bread
So they grow up and they grow up strong
Gotta hug ‘em awake and love ‘em to bed


And so now here I stand in front of you
Blowing this harp ‘til my lips turn blue
Singing like I was born to do
While I’m busy working on Chapter Two