The Old Violin - Johnny Paycheck

I can't recall one time in my life I've felt as lonely As I do tonight I feel like I could lay down and get up no more It's the damndest feeling, I never felt it before Tonight I feel like an old violin Soon to be put away and never played again Don't ask me why I feel like this, hell, I can't say I only wish this feeling would just go away I guess it's 'cause the truth Is the hardest thing I've ever faced 'Cause you can't change the truth In the slightest way I've tried So I asked myself I said George, Where in the hell do you go from here? Then like a fool, I turned around And I looked in the mirror And there I was seeing an old violin Soon to be put away and never played again So one more time, just to be sure I said: George, where you gonna go from here? And you know, there wasn't a nickel's worth of difference When I looked into the mirror 'Cause there I was seeing an old violin Soon to be put away and never played again And just like that, It hit me why that old violin and I were just alike We give our all to music And soon we'll give our life Precious memories, how they linger

Ain't got no tread left on these tires Ain't got no sole left on these boots I'm pretty damn good at startin' fires Ain't never no good at plantin' roots But if I had a dollar and a tattoo For every heart I broke I'd have a mansion in Malibu And you'd call me Post Malone I'm livin' paycheck to paycheck, longneck to longneck Sun up to sunset and ridin' 'til the wheels come off MAPCO to a map dot, roll a flyin' J at a truck stop Livin' paycheck to paycheck 'til my money's all gone I'm rollin' like a tumbleweed And ol' smokey's hot on my trail There ain't no aces left up my sleeve And I'll go to Texas and y'all can just go to hell I'm livin' paycheck to paycheck, longneck to longneck Sun up to sunset and ridin' 'til the wheels come off MAPCO to a map dot, roll a flyin' J at a truck stop Livin' paycheck to paycheck 'til my money's all gone Feels like I'm livin' in a movie Lost boys, up in smoke Highway trippin', Mad Max livin' Welcome to The Thunder Dome I'm livin' paycheck to paycheck, longneck to longneck Sun up to sunset and ridin' 'til the wheels come off MAPCO to a map dot, roll a flyin' J at a truck stop Livin' paycheck to paycheck 'til my money's all gone Paycheck to paycheck 'til my money's all gone

I'm gonna spend it, yeah 'Cause I earned it, yeah Forty hour week, ten hours overtime Sitting in traffic, working all the time Gonna drink it, yeah I'll make it worth it, yeah Straight from the bank to the honky-tonk Burning a hole Paycheck, won't you take my blues away? Paycheck, won't you take my blues away? Yeah, I've been waiting on you since Monday And it's work, work, work And I need a break Won't you take my blues away? I got cash, yeah Should I save it, no 'Cause I'm buying rams like I'm crazy Two for one for the ladies 'Cause they're fine, yeah We'll be going all night Straight from the bank to the honky-tonk Burning a hole Paycheck, won't you take my blues away? Paycheck, won't you take my blues away? Yeah, I've been waiting on you since Monday And it's work, work, work And I need a break Won't you take my blues away? So drink it, yeah And spend it, yeah 'Cause we're climbing that ladder Punching that clock So raise them up Paycheck, won't you take my blues away? Paycheck, won't you take my blues away? Yeah, I've been waiting on you since Monday And it's work, work, work And I need a break Won't you take my blues away? Paycheck, won't you take my blues away? Paycheck, won't you take my blues away? Yeah, I've been waiting on you since Monday And it's work, work, work And I need a break Won't you take my blues away? Oh yeah, babe

I've finally found a place where I can take it All this loneliness you left behind. On a mountain that's no hill for a climber. Just one step up, sit back and pour the wine. I climb up on barstool mountain. High above your world where there's no pain. And I'm the king of barstool mountain. Pretending I don't love you once again. At closing time I step down off the mountain. I'm strong enough to make it without you. I know that I'll be right back here tomorrow. Too weak to sober up and face the truth I climb up on barstool mountain. High above your world where there's no pain. And I'm the king of barstool mountain. Pretending I don't love you once again. [Key change up] I climb up on barstool mountain. High above your world where there's no pain. And I'm the king of barstool mountain. Pretending I don't love you Drinkin' away "I love you" Pretending I don't love you once again.