Verse She don't live on a straight line, loves to tread on the danger zone, Got to have a good time, doesn't like to party alone. Only drives a fast
Well I pay my dues by singin' the blues Some day it's gonna end Well the light that shines In the sky up above It's just around the bend Yeahhh Livin
Verse Now everywhere you look, you see her face, Television, magazines, all over the place. With cover girl eyes and skin you love to touch, Living in
Ohhh Yes I got off the plane in the pouring rain And headed down for one more show Well I jumped in a car with a built in bar Had another diamonds to
(Shorty Medlocke) Well, yeah, yeah, yeah, One of these mornings, it won't be long Captain's gonna call and I'll be gone I'll be nine hundred miles away
Let me take you, baby, down to the river bed Got to tell you somethin', go right to your head I, I got a line, I got a line on you, babe I, I got a line
Well I?m down to my last dime Yes I got nothing? to do Guess I?ll put it in the jukebox baby And play myself a little tune All I see are the numbers,
Well I'd rather be a fishin' or at least just a wishin' I was And if you really ask me I'll tell you what is in my heart 'Cause I'm a down home picker
Ah, let me tell you all about it Well now I?m just a gambler Oh baby, a total midnight rambler Yes, I said a, From the gutter to the fancy learnin? halls
That look is all over your face You've passed this way before And even though you've lost the race You still come back for more I've told you since way
Ah, she was a roller and a midnight stroller Used to walk in the night A little teaser, full time pleaser Standin' under the light Lookin' for a buyer
O, ain't that funny, things we do for love, Things we do for passion, well I'm feelin' kind of rough. Too many woman, too many games, A million faces
Well I left my home at the north end of Florida Headed out for southern California Lookin' for some fun like any other And the open skies Alabama, Mississippi
Winter wind is blowin' in Makin' me feel low, so low Even though the fire's in my heart It doesn't warm the soul We had it all but it wasn't enough
Oooh Ya save your time and think it over Spend your time with your wife or your lover Lover wins can?t stand the pain Lover wins and her days are filled
So far, far away I traveled 'cross this world today I'm sailin' on Sailin' on, I'll sail away As the spotlight falls around me You know I'm drowin
Well, I'm walkin' on a road that ends when I'm gone Lawd, I'm runnin', yeah, from all the things I fear the most I need some directions on how, that I
Verse Never was a choir boy, I'll never be a saint, Got a taste for the fast life enough to make you faint, Got myself a simple dream, that just fits