Resurrection's for Cowards (So Here I Am)

[Verse 1]
Spent three days pissin' and moanin' about bein' alive
Then I ran out of whiskey and excuses to hide
Sat on a rock, watched the sun go down
Thought about the fire, thought about this town
Hell was a basement, earth is a ditch
Guess I'll take the one where the beer ain't mostly shit

[Chorus]
Resurrection's for cowards — so here I am
Took the easy way out and crawled back to the land
Didn't earn it, didn't want it, didn't ask for second chance
But here I am breathin', so I might as well dance
Resurrection's for cowards, and I'm the biggest one around
So pour a drink and step aside — I'm takin' back this town

[Verse 2]
Tried to be a good corpse, tried to stay dead
Tried to let the worms have what's left of my head
But the worms took one bite and spit me right out
Said "you're too damn salty, we're gonna pass, no doubt"
So here I am, rotten and mean
The worst thing back from the grave you've ever seen

[Chorus]

Resurrection's for cowards — so here I am
Took the easy way out and crawled back to the land
Didn't earn it, didn't want it, didn't ask for second chance
But here I am breathin', so I might as well dance
Resurrection's for cowards, and I'm the biggest one around
So pour a drink and step aside — I'm takin' back this town

[Bridge — spoken, almost warm]
You know what I figured out?
[beat]
Nothin'.
Not a damn thing.
I died, went to hell, got evicted, came back —
And I still don't know why my ex-wife left me.
[small laugh]
Some things just are.
And I just am.
So pour the whiskey. Shut up. And let me be.

[Instrumental break — guitar solo that's not flashy, just honest. Like a man nodding at himself in the mirror.]

[Outro — sung, quieter, almost peaceful]
Resurrection's for cowards — so here I am
Didn't want the sequel, but I'll play the hand
Dealt myself a bad one, that's nothin' new
But a bad hand's better than no hand — that much I finally knew

[spoken, picking up the guitar:]
...now let's go cause some trouble.

[strums one chord. Holds it. Fades into the next track.]

Outlaw Country, male, Tempo: mid-slow, Guitar warm but tired. Drums just keeping time