Better Days (Explicit LP Version)

Eighty five miles out of Nashville

Thinkin' about the way things change

Try an' keep it by the reigns

I'm a lone drifter big money flipper

Take anything you got on

The rocks in a snifter

I missed her in Kentucky

Went down to Louisiana

I never had no lovin' like

I had in Alabama

A man of my word and ain't

Out to hurt nobody

I'm just a M C to keep the

Boogie in the party

Been singin' lodi dodi

Since eighty four and

I'll be singin' lodi dodi

'Til I'm eighty four

I couldn't ask for more

Life's been sweet

So you can save the planet

I'll save your seat

I been gone for weeks

I ain't slept in days

I can't find myself in

This self made maze

It's been so long since I've been fine

I'm just tryin' to see the

Bottom of this bottle of wine

And I know I'll see better days

Well I know you'll see things my way

I never thought about change until

I spend a little time where

Time stood still

Been lookin' for a mill but

I keep comin' up shy

I been a broke fool I ain't

Tryin' to be that guy

Wanna ride like lightning

Roll like thunder

I'm tryin' to get some money

I ain't getting any younger

At times I wonder at times I won't

Sometimes I give a f**k but

Most times I don't

Even care through stained glass

Windows these eyes stare

I try to stay straight

But it's kickin' my ass

Every time I look ahead

I get a glimpse of the past

I sit half mass like a soldier's flag

That's why my left leg

Limps and my Dickies sag

It's been so long since

I've been fine

I'm just tryin' to see the

Bottom of this bottle of wine

And I know I'll see better days

Well I know you'll see things my way

And I know I'll see better days

Well I know you'll see things my way

Well I been all around

This crooked land

I come across walks

I shook Jim Beam's hand

I got no plans and no place to go

It keep getting harder to just say no

I see the people laugh and people cry

That's how some live and

That's how some die

Well me myself I'm sit right here

And I'm a watch this

World break down in tears

All my fears and dark gray skies

Couldn't crack my smile or

Break my stride

Got too much pride

I got too much shout

I might be down but

I still ain't out

I got too much time and

That's all I have

When I leave this world

I'll still be sad

It's been so long since

I've been fine

I'm just tryin' to see

The bottom of this bottle of wine

And I know I'll see better days

Well I know you'll see things my way

And I know I'll see better days

Well I know you'll see things my way