[Verse 1]
Got these dusty blues
I heard you’re leaving town
I Got lost out of pocket
Crimes I can’t write down
Border stamps and bar tabs
Unfamiliar Match book,
hotel room key ring
I try to understand
Road to ruin we were travelling
Every mile is another lesson
Try to remember
Things that made you this man
[Chorus]
Down gravel roads I wonder
Chain smoke one after another
Prayer on the tip of my tongue
when I curse it’s torn asunder
Strike back like the lightning
Breaking the witches spell
Before it takes us deeper under
Trying to take me to Hell
So I’m spitting gravel and screaming thunder
[ post chorus]
(Life’s a bitch) watch out she bites
Bite’s you if & when she’s feeling hungry
(Feed the Bitch) before the night
Hope she doesn’t eat you when she runs free
[Verse 2]
She left her necklace
in My place
Just shining misplaced
Said
“You love the leaving
Baby
More than you’ll ever love anything ”
phone’s never ringing
Never bringing
Nothing but bad for me
Lost old connections
I won’t call and I won’t explain
I just pour one for the memories
one more for the weight of the game
Ive been building up a thirst again
[Chorus]
Down gravel roads I wonder
Chain smoke one after another
Prayer on the tip of my tongue
when I curse it’s torn asunder
Strike back like the lightning
Breaking the witches spell
Before it takes us deeper under
Trying to take me to Hell
So I’m spitting gravel and screaming thunder
[ post chorus]
(Life’s a bitch) watch out she bites
Bite’s you if & when she’s feeling hungry
(Feed the Bitch) before the night
Hope she doesn’t eat you when she runs free
[Bridge]
No time for self restraint
I just have to empty the bottle
I’ve never been the saint
Life Speeding full throttle
(drink it back, drink it back with me)
[Chorus]
Down gravel roads I wonder
Chain smoke one after another
Prayer on the tip of my tongue
when I curse it’s torn asunder
Strike back like the lightning
Breaking the witches spell
Before it takes us deeper under
Trying to take me to Hell
So I’m spitting gravel and screaming thunder
[ post chorus]
(Life’s a bitch) watch out she bites
Bite’s you if & when she’s feeling hungry
(Feed the Bitch) before the night
Hope she doesn’t eat you when she runs free
[Guitar Solo]
[Final Chorus]
Down gravel roads I wonder
Chain smoke one after another
Prayer on the tip of my tongue
when I curse it’s torn asunder
Strike back like the lightning
Breaking the witches spell
Before it takes us deeper under
Trying to take me to Hell
So I’m spitting gravel and screaming thunder
[ post chorus]
(Life’s a bitch) watch out she bites
[riff modulation up two full steps lead guitar wails, moans and cry’s that turn into uncomfortable laughter, shredding to the climax]
[gospel soul choir sings]
(Drink it back, drink it back!
Just one more time for me)
Keep reaching for the bottle trying to wash down
gravel in my throat gets screaming thunder again
That’s Why I can’t drink it away
[Guitar Solo]
[Outro]
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