Billy Strings - Live, Vol. 1 Album Lyrics

I ain't slept in seven days, haven't ate in three
Methamphetamine has got a damn good hold of me
My tweaker friends have got me to the point of no return
I just took the lighter to the bulb and watched it burn

This life of sin has got me in
Well it's got me back in prison once again
I used my only phone call to contact my daddy
I got twenty long years for some dust in a baggie

Well if I would have listened to what Mom and Papa said
I wouldn't be locked up in prison, troubled in the head
I took that little pop and sucked until my mind was spun
I got twenty years to sit and think of what I've done

This life of sin has got me in
Well it's got me back in prison once again
I used my only phone call to contact my daddy
I got twenty long years for some dust in a baggie

Sometimes I sit and wonder where my little life went wrong
These old jailhouse blues have got me singing this old song
My life is a disaster, Lord and I feel so ashamed
In here where they call by a number, not a name

This life of sin has got me in
Well it's got me back in prison once again
I used my only phone call to contact my daddy
I got twenty long years for some dust in a baggie
I used my only phone call to contact my daddy
I got twenty long years for some dust in a baggie

Remember the time
We were both eye to eye
And we both knew the reasons why
It seemed like we faced the world on our own
Before we collide
Can we just take a moment
Collecting reflections of this
And remember the paths that we chose

Spring lied to us this year again
I can't stand to face the fear again
You could always laugh about those things
It's enough to make a man feel sour
Burning minutes every day by the hour
Just to end up gone like everything else

Let go of the pain and hold onto the rhythm
It's consciously held back in you
You're drowning a sorrow that's long been at rest
The past is a hell, it can creep up inside you
So let me remind you of this
It's the reason your troubles exist

Spring lied to us again this year
And still, I can't stand to face the fear
Will you always laugh about those things?
It's enough to make a man stay humble
Every day is just a new chance to stumble
Just to end up gone like everything else

If ever a time
Comes around in the wheel
To replace where we stand side-by-side
We'll be ready and able to fly
Away from the mire
And the senseless decisions
Of somebody's wasted desire
Through the smoke and the wind and the fire

Spring lied to us this year again
I can't stand to face that fear again
You could always laugh about those things
It's enough to make a man feel sour
Burning minutes every day by the hour
Just to end up gone like everything else

Remember the time
We were both eye to eye
And we both knew the reasons why
It seemed like we faced the world on our own
Before we collide
Can we just take a moment
Collecting reflections of this
And remember the paths that we chose

Spring lied to us again this year
And still, I can't stand to face the fear
Will you always laugh about those things?
It's enough to make a man feel sour
Burning minutes every day by the hour
Just to end up gone like everything else

Would you listen when the wind decides to whisper English fate?
Will you heed the words within the winds that whisper "it's too late"?
Will you see the reasons falling from the sky?
Or the locusts screaming madly as you turn around and die?
Could you recognize some message to relate

Have you felt the atmospheric friction churning up above
All the traits and the descriptions seem to fit just like a glove
Can you see us scratching backwards through the seams
Crawling circles on our backs with our dumbfounded expertise
Just the thought of this is riddled with disease

Can you see her moving slowly to the rhythm of the song?
Would you like to tag along with us?
I know it won't be long
Could she take us back to somewhere you desire?
Could she lead us to the doorway?
Would you sit down by the fire and
Would your eyes be sealed with love instead of hate?

Can you hear the empty chambers of your head begin to spin,
Leaving nothing but a cavity for all the living skin?
Would you settle for the empty space within
Or just kick and scream for something else to carry your thoughts in
One foot before the other, lets begin

Have you grown without a doubt or have you always wondered why?
Does this morning rush intrusively to flash your waking eyes
Do you take it in or leave it as it lay?
Would you give a nod to life before returning to the clay?
Could you think about tomorrow like today?

Her eyes are open
She's always hoping
We can turn this old familiar nightmare into a song
The sun keeps burning
The world keeps turning
She's reaching out and teaching love until the doubt is gone
Do you listen for the echo of your long forgotten dream?
You should listen for the echo of your long forgotten dream.

[Fire Line]

It's a careless wind that carries me across the great divide
From the wretched underworld to the place where fear resides
Behind the line you hold, you can only hold so long
When you see my forked tongue and you hear my twisted song

My sign is the fire line, uncontrolled
My bitter ruthlessness is a beacon to behold
Like cancer growin', someday to die
Where the watеr's flowin', I'm gonna drain the river dry

'Cause it's a poison drеam
Keeps me runnin' through the night
I'll take it all, and then some more
By the dawnin' of the sickly mornin' light

Burn through the midnight oil and the bridges I can't cross
Somehow, I'll find myself in everything you've lost
We've seen it all before, but it comes as no surprise
Just like reflections of the fire in your eyes

It's a poison dream
Keeps me runnin' through the night
I'll take it all, and then some more
By the dawnin' of the sickly mornin' light

And when the work is done and the Devil's called his time
You'll feel a sterile breeze that blows through ashen pine
And you may ask yourself, "Where did the endgame lie?"
The question I might ask if I could stop to wonder why

It's a poison dream
Keeps me runnin' through the night
I'll take it all, and then some more
By the dawnin' of the sickly mornin' light
It's a poison dream
Keeps me runnin' through the night
I'll take it all, and then some more
By the dawnin' of the sickly mornin' light

[Reuben's Train]

Well, Reuben Made A Train And He Put It On A Track
Hear That Whistle Blow A Hundred Miles
Oh Me, Oh My Hear That Whistle Blow A Hundred Miles

I Spent Last Night In Jail Nobody To Go My Bail
Lord How it Sleeted And Snowed
Oh Me, Oh My Lord How It Sleeted And Snowed

I've Been To The East, I've Been To The West
I'm Going Where The Chilly Winds Don't Blow
Oh Me, Oh My I'm Going Where The Chilly Winds Don't Blow

If This Train is Running Right, I'll Be Home Tomorrow Night
I'm 500 Miles From My Home,
Oh Me, Oh My 500 Miles From My Home

I'm Walking Down The Track, Tears in My Eyes
Trying To Read A Letter From My Home,
Oh Me, Oh My Trying To Read A Letter From My Home

Ol' Reuben made a train and he put it on a track
He ran it to the Lord knows where
Oh me, oh my, ran it to the Lord knows where

In the cold early morning in the hills of Kentucky
I woke to the sound of the rain
And the girl from last evening laid silently sleeping
Though I couldn't remember her name
My head was a pounding and the sweat poured
Around me like the faucet that she left on high,
With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older
And I swear I could break down and cry

I Never once made a dollar, which I didn't gamble,
Or scramble to burn at both ends
I've raged all night long, in the hour before dawn
On spirits and bitters and blends
What's left of my day might be crimson or
Grey but never again black and white
With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older
And I swear I could break down and cry

I'm a fool with my money and I'm a fool with
My drinking I'm sinking to bottom of the well,
Adding fuel to the fire like my wildest desire
Is to spend the next lifetime in hell
I could cruise down to Hades, in a
Snow white Mercedes and a devilish look in my eye
With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older
And I swear I could break down and cry

There's a hard place on one side and a
Rock on the other, no corners to cut in this maze,
Only one way to do it, just to grin and bear through it,
I've been drinking up the courage for days
So I'll drain every cup and keep stacking them up
Till the sun stumbles out of the sky
With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older
And I swear I could break down and cry

I'll keep on this way till my last dying day,
It's a blessing I've tried to disguise
With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older
And I swear I could break down and cry

I'm burning, I'm smoking
Got to keep these wheels a-turning
The hot road underneath me
This cataclysmic journey
White lines and traffic signs
Ain't nothin' I ain't missin'
I can't stand in the drivin' daze
I'm constantly road trippin'

Gone like the wind
Oh, I'll see your face again
Passing through your town before you know
I gotta do my time
With this old guitar of mine
White line fever leads me to the show

Well, the road of life I travel on, I move along so freely
Mesmerized and satisfied with the beauty that has found me
I travel on and sing my song to anyone who'll listen
Forever mindful of the gift that I been given

Gone like the wind
Oh, I'll see your face again
Passing through your town before you know
Well, I gotta do my time
With this old guitar of mine
White line fever leads me to the show

Well, the car, she is against me and I'm runnin' for my money
I need to have a hobby, my guitar, and my sweet honey
News travels fast, my friend, but I keep traveling faster
Angels, they watch over me to keep me from disaster

Gone like the wind
Oh, I'll see your face again
Passing through your town before you know
Well, I gotta do my time
With this old guitar of mine
White line fever leads me to the show

Well I was walking down the street just the other day
I had a double headed nickel and a bill to pay
There was bubblegum a'blistered on the hot cement
And I was waiting like patience on a monument
Well I rolled a little spliff and tightened up my shoes
And I went to the corner where I lit the fuse
Disgusted by the loneliness I couldn't lose
I sat and wrote a little verse to the 'rona blues

I said I always wanna do the things I used to do
But everybody got a job and works enough for two
We could have a little party at the end of the day
But everybody had a family and moved away
So I'm sitting with a paper soakin' on my tongue
And feeling better than I did back when I was young
Now I'm seeing music that nobody else can see
With all the colors like a symphony surrounding me

The times have changed, the times have changed
Humanity has lost its way
The people now, the people now
How they survive, I don't know how

My mama said, make many friends
They'll give to you, you'll give to them
They count more than money son,
Just care for music friends and fun

What will you do, what will you do?
When everything you've listened to,
It's all a lie, it's all a lie,
You're gonna hang your head and cry

The times have changed, the times have changed,
Humanity has lost its way
The people now, the people now,
How they survive, I don't know how.

And when I go to canaan's land,
My friends I hope you'll take my hand
And we will leave this world below
And with our loved ones we will go

The times have changed, the times have changed,
Humanity has lost its way
The people now, the people now,
How they survive, I don't know how

Through the turmoil and the tinfoil
I could wait my early life
I can see you in the darkness
And I'm running through the night

I recall a silver morning
When your face had turned to gray
You were standing right before me
But I missed you every day

Though you never said you're sorry
I forgave you even then
But I feel inconsequential
In the current state I'm in

But I'll try to keep on living
Through the nauseating gloom
And I'll try to keep on digging
Wretched past I will entomb

Though you never said you're sorry
I forgave you even then
But I feel inconsequential
In the current state I'm in

Through the turmoil and the tinfoil
Just the way it used to be
But I have the strength and I will learn
How to fly on broken wings

Though you never said you're sorry
I forgave you even then
But I feel inconsequential
In the current state I'm in

One of these days I'll wake up tired
Of the life I'm living and feel inspired
To get off my ass, and be on my way
One of these days I'll wake up steady
And ready to go like Richard Petty
I'm gonna wake up and change my ways
One of these days

One of these days I'm gonna find me a better way to live my life
And carry on without the strife
I know it won't come easy but believe me when I say
I'm gonna wake up and change my ways
One of these days

One of these days I'm coming up to it
Gonna put my foot right down and do it
It's about damn time I've made a change
One of these days I'm bound for glory
And that's the moral of this ol story
I'm gonna wake up and change my ways
One of these days

One of these days I'm gonna find me a better way to live my life
And carry on without the strife
I know it won't come easy but believe me when I say
I'm gonna wake up and change my ways
One of these days

One of these days I'm gonna find me a better way to live my life
And carry on without the strife
I know it won't come easy but believe me when I say
I'm gonna wake up and change my ways
One of these days

I know it won't come easy but believe me when I say
I'm gonna wake up and change my ways
One of these days