I was fresh out of the service 'n it was back in ?82 I raised some Cain, when I come back to town I left to be all I could be, come home without a clue
If I had no place to fall And I needed to Could I count on you To lay me down? I'd never tell you no lies I don't believe it's wise You got pretty eyes
Crimson flames tied through my ears rollin' high and mighty traps Pounced with fire on flaming roads using ideas as my maps We'll meet on edges, soon,
I guess I don't get out too much If that wasn't enough I hear all these voices Always tellin' me that I'm bad But it's all in my head - like all those
Look at ya Yeah, take a look in the mirror now tell me what you see Another satisfied customer in the front of the line for the American dream I remember
One of these days when my minds made up And I'm sick and tired of hangin' around I'll be on my way in a cloud of dust On the road to another town
chorus Ashes to ashes, dust to dust Ashes to ashes, dust to dust A long time ago before the ice and the snow There were giants that walked this
(with Emmylou Harris) Early this mornin? I was washin? my face Thinkin? ?bout goin? to town Sick and tired of hangin? around this place Waitin?
I used to listen to the radio And I don?t guess they?re listenin? to me no more They talk too much but that?s okay I don?t understand a single word
Everyone's in love with You Everyone's in love with you But you don't seem to mind But it must be tough when you're cleanin' up Them broken hearts
Take your red dress, leave the hanger Lose the sadness, use the anger You might need it 'fore you get there chorus Oh, Amanda You don't have to
Don't you worry bout what you've been told Cause honey I ain't even close to cold It's kinda soon to fall in love again But sometimes the best that
I got a job but it ain't nearly enough A twenty thousand dollar pickup truck Belongs to me and the bank and some funny talkin' man from Iran I left
What if I told you it was done with mirrors What if I showed you it was all a lie Better be careful, someone might hear ya The walls have ears and
I could tell it when I woke up this mornin' 'Cause I can smell it when a heartache's comin' Not that I'm in such a hurry to lose you I'd call you
On the blue side of evenin' When the darkness takes control You start lookin' for a reason To take your lonesome on down the road 'Cause the night
We signed up in San Antone my brother Paul and me To fight with Ben McCulloch and the Texas infantry Well the poster said we'd get a uniform and seven
My grandaddy was a miner, but he finally saw the light He didn't have much, just a beat-up truck and a dream about a better life Grandmama cried when