What the hell was I doing there in that fast food parking lot? They say I robbed the restaurant and a Memphis cop got shot I was trying to feed my habit
In the rush of the river and the roar of the crowd You can't hear the silence calling When it's merely a whisper of a cloud In a crazy storm that pulls
I heard the music long ago, songs that rent the air Fading in and out at night while I was lying there Voices soft and lonely and later rock and roll
I've heard enough from pundits, I've heard our leaders speak I tell you now I'd rather talk to the people in the streets 'Cause you don't know someone
You walked the line all your life You never thought you'd have to change it You're always there to give advice You never thought you'd have to take it
Pour me a drink, light me a cigarette Help me forget the things that I've done Pour me a drink then pour me another one To keep out this cold wind that
She was a party girl, now the party's over She was a beauty and that's changing too Now she's barefoot and having babies She was a party girl, now the
You ran up against the rain everyday of your short life Suffered for your muse without complaining Never heard you swear life isn't fair but it doesn'
behind The one thing that's not on the shelf is my heart since it fell Picking it up is a thing that I've never have done well True love always seems
good when you don't It's the same sad familiar story Not a thing about it is new Just about someone who loved and lost And it's still hurting through
they'll be remembered They proved that love is truly blind They were the loving kind They proved that love is truly blind They were the loving kind
Oh, my family grew cotton and cotton was all we knew Butter came from butter beans and it all went in a stew We lived off our victory garden and the neighbors
could talk about leavin' this town Some other day And I suppose we look like natives here This middle aged couple with silver hair And on cold winter nights this love
