If I could make my living going fishing Then I would make my living with a line and pole Put food on the table pay the money to the landlord Buy some working clothes cause I ain't Making money going fishing Like I'm paid at the factory If I could pay all these bills with my guitar Then I would pay these bills with some rock and roll Put food on the table pay the money to the landlord Buy some working clothes cause I ain't Making money going fishing Like I'm paid at the factory Well if I could (if I could) Then I would (then I would) Make money doing something that I love I'd thank my lucky stars above If I could just get by loving you dear Then I would just get by making love to you Put food on the table pay the money to the landlord Buy some working clothes cause I ain't Making money going fishing Like I'm paid at the factory (PLAY THAT GUITAR) Well if I could (if I could) Then I would (then I would) Make money doing something that I love I'd thank my lucky stars above If I could just get by loving you dear Then I would just get by making love to you Put food on the table pay the money to the landlord Buy some working clothes cause I ain't Making money going fishing Like I'm paid at the factory (Come on y'all) Well if I could (if I could) Then I would (then I would) Make money doing something that I love I'd thank my lucky stars above If I could just get by loving you dear Then I would just get by making love to you Put food on the table pay the money to the landlord Buy some working clothes cause I ain't Making going fishing Like I'm paid at the factory Put food on the table pay the money to the landlord Buy some working clothes cause I ain't Making going fishin Like I'm paid at the factory

I saw you pull up next door in your Subaru Bet that thing runs on veggie oil Strapped to the top were some trash bags and a big canoe Shovel and a couple bags of top soil I bet you're probably growing marijuana In that big organic garden in your yard You walk around in sandals and pajamas Was getting dressed really all that hard? I'm surprised you even saw me from where you're sitting Behind that 747 in your drive That's the greenest grass I think I've ever seen It's probably from all the dangerous pesticides You seem like you'd have a doomsday compound Full of firearms, ammunition and canned foods That ain't just paranoia, it really gets me down You're clearly watching way too much Fox News I was gonna keep my distance Cause we are so different Til one day I heard you crankin up the Hag You like country music, do ya? What if I do, what's it to ya? Well if you like you country music Then I guess you're not so bad Whatever you've got I hope it's not contagious I like you even though you're so uptight Your record collection covers all the bases From Kitty Wells all the way on down to Dwight I'll ignore all your hippie bumper stickers And that Ronald Reagan poster on your wall It's true that we've got nothing in common But a love of country music conquers all I was gonna keep my distance Cause we are so different Til one day I heard you crankin up the Hag You like country music, do ya? What if I do, what's it to ya? Well if you like you country music Then I guess you're not so bad You like country music, do ya? What if I do, what's it to ya? Well if you like you country music Then I guess you're not so bad Sunny, who you voting for this year? Well, Merle Haggard, I thought that's we decided on.

Amy, please let me explain I'm only half of what's causin' all your pain I knew he was your man, By the gold ring on his hand Amy, forgive me if you can Amy, he never meant to be untrue, But he needed love he said he never got from you He found comfort in my arms, Touched my body and my heart Sorry for the pain we put you through If you'd look right at him you might see, He loves you he never wanted me And I'll let him go for good, If you'll just treat him like you should But if you don't love him Amy, let him leave Amy, I can't get him out of my head 'Cause I know he's lyin' next to you in bed Do you miss him when he's away, 'Cause he's on my mind everyday Amy, I'm just trying to explain If you'd look right at him you might see, He loves you he never loved me And I'll let him go for good, If you'll just love him like you should But if you don't love him Amy, let him leave If you don't love him Amy, let him leave

They deliver all the trouble to my front door, Served my wife with papers and a gun Please remember the man with whom you're dealing, Never was a father or your son Just another dog you chose cause he would run There's a wall cloud rolling across the blue sky Karma manifest into a form If you wonder the reason why I'm smiling, It's because I know her love will keep me warm Yeah we're the kind of folks that kinda like a storm We batten down the hatches and hold each other close, A joint and a couple matches feeds the flame I'm afraid for you, it's getting dark, Sundown at the trailer park and nothin's gonna look the same A tornado doesn't ask the fool his name Having visions of things that bare explaining, No answers in religion or the law Sending thugs out to call it all illusion, Doesn't change belief in a what I saw A translation of the writing on the wall We batten down the hatches and hold each other close, A joint and a couple matches feeds the flame I'm afraid for you, it's getting dark, Sundown at the trailer park and nothin's gonna look the same A tornado doesn't ask the fool his name We batten down the hatches and hold each other close, A joint and a couple matches feeds the flame For you, my friend, it's getting dark, Lights out at the trailer park and nothin's gonna look the same A tornado doesn't ask the fool his name

(*Boland, Roger Ray) [** feat. Robert Earl Keen:] The party's not over* It's just leaving town So don't be disappointed It's gonna come back around But who says that a good time Ends at the end of the night Oh the party's not over So don't turn out the lights There was a happening Had here for sure We've all got to be somewhere A few forgot where they were They don't stare if you stumble They don't care if you crawl They're sweeping up the broken glass And it's after last call The party's not over It's just leaving town So don't be disappointed It's gonna come back around But who says that a good time Ends at the end of the night Yeah the party's not over So don't turn out the lights Tomorrow morning May hurt like hell But it's going to be worth it As far as I can tell Cause I got me a woman She's all over me Sweet nothings in my ear I wander what it could be The party's not over It's just leaving town So don't be disappointed It's gonna come back around Who says that a good time Ends at the end of the night Yeah the party's not over So don't turn out the lights The party's not over It's just leaving town So don't be disappointed It's gonna come back around Who says that a good time Ends at the end of the night Yeah the party's not over So don't turn out the lights I said the party's not over So don't turn out the lights...

I refuse to spend the rest of my days trying to get away From all the things I did when I knew not what I had done O so young and tired and love was not an item My own bottle always refused to hear Them tell me not to stare into the sun This pornographic place told me a body was to be feared And then wanted at the same time Man, if you could figure how Feared because it was the pathway to the mortal sin And then wanted because we'll all be dust a Few short years from now. It's a broken hearted world that we inherit All we're told to do is sin and bear it For a little while, On the dark and dirty mile. It took awhile at least for me To live enough until I believed In none of what I heard and less than half of what I saw Mark the days have come and gone Some were lost and some were wrong On the way back home we'll figure out a place to place it all It's a broken hearted world that we inherit All we're told is to do sin and bear it For a little while, On this dark and dirty mile We're all family here on trial On the dark and dirty mile Finally I realized That knowledge better make you wise Or all the knots you learned to tie will leave you in a ball Helpless as when we were born Threaded bare and holy worn Out shivering as summer gives way to early fall It's a broken hearted world that we inherit All we're told is to do sin and bear it For a little while, On the dark and dirty mile We're all family here on trial On the dark and dirty mile

I got drunk by myself last night They say it's no way to make things right I just didn't have anything better to do The dog was asleep on the living room rug and I watched a show about crime and drugs Finished a bottle of bourbon until it was through I don't care that I can't sleep I'd just as soon stay up all week I might get some things done while others dream The heater broke and the room got cold And my knees and ankles say I'm gettin' older The phone finally rang but it wasn't for me Chorus: If everyone was together I guess no one would be alone Life's a lot of trade offs in the end Somewhere in the fields of heather The proud souls laugh and they love together Somewhere between passion and losing friends Sleep finally came but I woke up alone My head was next to the telephone I gave the sun a cussin' as I drew the shades One thing that always seems true That's when I'm hung over the sky is blue A rough night for me will make a hell of a day And I believe in ghosts and democracy And that each man should leave his legacy Be that mans work great or be it small I don't believe in everything like The designated hitter or that diamond rings Will make love last forever for one and all Cause if everyone should be together Why are some many left alone Life's a lot of trade offs in the end Somewhere in the fields of heather The proud souls laugh and they love together Somewhere between passion and losing friends Somewhere between passion and losing friends

We kept part and connected by the same stretch of road And I'm tired of packin' round this heavy load It started out a stream but then the levee fell When the rain maker had some extra seeds to sell Well I just thought id call and see what's going on Did the hill country flatten out since I've been gone Are the fields all painted up in red and blue Are you thinking of me the times I'm thinking of you Chorus Well I just wanna drink til I'm not thirsty And I just wanna sleep til I'm not tired I just wanna drive till I run out of money I don't wanna be no Romeo on the telephone wire Could we dream up a reason for a rendezvous The Yanks are in town and we got nothing to do You're neighbors are gone and you're feeling alone You can't kiss somebody on the telephone Did you go out last night and was it just a friend Would you care if I showed up there at 6: 00 am Drive all day with the top pulled down We could stay in all night or we could paint the town Chorus I guess I better go now it's getting too late There's a party downstairs and I thought I heard something break I bid you goodnight and hope to see you soon Maybe later on this afternoon Chorus