Turtles All the Way Down - Sturgill Simpson

I'm not well As you can tell By the way, I haven't look you in the eye I'm about to lie and say I'm fine But inside You and I know that's not true But it's either this Or let my burdens weigh on you And that I just can't do So I'll choose for the both of us And you'll just go along because You've trusted me for no good reason Here I am, committing treason Force the last page of our story One more boring allegory Hope to god you'll rise above me Always bite the hand that loves me Mine, mine is the unkind, kindest cut of all And I'll watch you fall And I'm aware That it's not fair To bring you here then send you on your way You had so much to say And to ask Like, "Why am I not cut out for the task Of loving you forever Of holding you and never wanting less?" Well, I can take a guess See, I could choose for the both of us And you'd just go along because You've trusted me for no good reason Love no matter what the season Force the last page of our story You're my favourite allegory Hope to god that you'll forgive me My mistakes will long outlive me Mine, mine is the unkind, kindest cut of all And I'll watch you fall And I don't know if this makes it any easier Perhaps you'll find comfort when I say You and I are nothing more than meteors Never meant to live long past today Yes, I'll choose for the both of us You'll just go along because You've trusted me against your judgement You deserve someone who doesn't Force the last page of your story No more boring allegories Hope to god you'll rise above me Though you'll always be part of me Mine, mine is the unkind, kindest cut of all I'll watch you fall Now watch me fall

When you're riding Down (at night) at night But (you) say The only way to sum it up Is falling roller-coaster rush I'm doing things that I don't do So comfortable when I'm with you Kinda took me by surprise I love it and I don't know why You shot it and you got it And I don't wanna fight it So hold me while we're taking this ride You, when it's good I'm questioning You, then I stop to take it in Is my head in the way? 'Cause my heart can't explain Where we going now? Build it up, we tear down Cared before but baby Now, I don't give a fuck All the way down On a one way to you All the way down No matter what you're going through I'm staying over at yours tonight I call in late, let's exercise There's something buried in your eyes Draws me in and I can't hide I'm clocking in today, I'm on one I came in hard, I hope you don't run I tell him all about it, but even I would doubt it They never seen the things that you do You, when it's good I'm questioning You, then I stop to take it in Is my head in the way? 'Cause my heart can't explain Where we going now? Build it up, we tear down Cared before but baby Now, I don't give a fuck All the way down On a one way to you All the way down No matter what you're going through Take it in, Take it in All I wanna do is Stay with it, stay with it And I know that you won't Play with it, play with it Are you ready? Hold on Take it in, Take it in All I wanna do it Stay with it, stay with it And I know that you won't Play with it Hold on When it's good, I'm questioning You (you), then I start to take it in Is my head in the way? 'Cause my heart can't explain Where we going now? Build it up, we tear down Cared before but baby Now, I don't give a fuck All the way down All the way down All the way down All the way down Baby, what you wanna do?

I was twenty one naive Not cynical, I try to please Her wit, her speech, her repartee Impressed me almost instantly She went all the way All the way down She went all the way, all the way She showed me love a hundred ways How she pimped and how she paid All the daughters, all the sons All were welcome, all would come We went all the way All the way down We went all the way, all the way I was King, Mr. Cool Just a snobby little fool (Like kids are now.) I dreamed of reaching greater heights I raved about it every night Talk is cheap She went all the way, all the way All the way down, yeah She went all the way All the way all the way All the way, all the way down She's there when I close my eyes There when I close my eyes She's there when I close my eyes There when I close my eyes How the years they rush on by Birthdays, kids and suicides Still I play the fool and strut Still you're a slut Hey girl, she went all the way All the way, all the way All the way down She went all the way All the way, all the way All the way down She went all the way All the way, all the way All the way down You give me back that time right now I can see it if I close my eyes Was every minute just a waste? Was every hour a foolish chase? I don't believe it She went all the way All the way down She went all the way All the way down She went all the way All the way down She went all the way All the way all the way All the way down She went all the way All the way all the way All the way down

Listen, little man I don't wanna hear no phony shit I've gotta win and that's the end of it I'm taking aim at a big asshole And I might just get all the way down This ain't no free as a bird I'm gonna blow up a turd I can win this all by myself And I just might go all the way down The Gods in Heaven have oil While the rest of us just boil, hey When I'm down, down, down, down When I'm down, down, down, down When I'm down, down, down, hey I just might get all the way down Bats coming through the window Camels coming through the needles Snakes coming up on ladders Weird gas in place of breath Foam, rubber, Hollywood breasts Life that smells like death The Gods in Heaven have gold The rest of us just get old, oh, yeah When I'm down, down, down, down When I'm down, down, down, down When I'm down, down, down When I'm down, I might get all the way down Down, down, all the way down Down, down, all the way down Down, down, all the way down And I just might get all the way down When I'm down When I'm down When I'm down When I'm down, I might get all the way down Down, down, all the way down (when I'm down) Down, down, all the way down Down, down, all the way down I just might get all the way down Down, down Down, down When I'm down

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Wish I was riding the steam train Right out of the pages of time Down through the ol' Roaring Twenties To the fall of 1929 Back in heyday of railroads Before airplanes fluttered and flew Color me in like a cartoon hobo Doing what bums used to do Songs from the great Jimmie Rodgers Hearing ol' Bing Crosby croon This is a song of how things used to be And a script of a hobo cartoon Show me hopping a freight train Somewhere south of the yard Make it a Santa Fe boxcar Paint it all rusty and hard Sketch out an old hobo jungle Make the old days come alive on the page Build a rough shack Down by thе track Weather it heavy with agе Songs from the great Jimmie Rodgers Hearing ol' Bing Crosby croon This is a song of how things used to be And a script of a hobo cartoon Sometimes things are great to remember Some are too good to forget Things back then were so different Some things we think of them yet Songs from the great Jimmie Rodgers Hearing ol' Bing Crosby croon This is a song of how things used to be And a script of a hobo cartoon

Loneliness is settin' in How I feel, you don't know All my tomorrows, they depend On how my todays go Ain't seen your face for a few years or more You don't write, you don't call Tell me what are all the memories for When you don't remember at all? I'm sad and lonely I wonder do you feel the same? Tell me, am I the only one Drinking and cursing your name? Maybe someday, you'll walk into Some bar I'm singing in You'll hang your head in sorrow and cry When you see the shape that I'm in Oh, I'm sad and lonely I wonder do you feel the same? Tell me, am I the only one Drinking and cursing your name? Tell me, am I the only one Drinking and cursing your name?

Decided to write a song for my hero Considering he's done so much for me He's the one that pulled me up when I fell down so low He's the one that led me through the darkness when I could not see Never met a man more gentle or any humbler Never once heard him raise his voice or saw him mad But I watched him break his back on coal and lumber To give her everything she never had Cause when it all comes down to zero There's nothing more this life could ever give And I know I'll never find another hero Not another one like him Born on a summer day in some dark holler Way back in the hills of Perry County Well he grew up poor and he never saw a dollar But a dollar ain't no good in a coal camp anyway Cause when it all comes down to zero There's nothing more this life could ever give And I know I'll never find another hero Not another one like him And if I'm half the man he is when I die I don't know if I could ask for too much more He taught me you only need one hand To count your real friends in this life But if you find true love you better take both arms And hold on til your sore