I know why you call me
Around midnite
I know why you do that
It’s just your mean streak
Twistin’ the dagger
You stuck into my back

There in the background
The DJ is playin’
A bro country song I can’t stand
Your small minded friends
Shootin’ tequila
Pretendin’ their bullshit matters

You dosse doe
Spin around in your red dress
Till everyone is in a trance
Hypnotized by this debutante cowgirl
They fall for you with just one glance

They’ll learn ‘bout your mean streak
Twistin’ the dagger
You’ll stick into some guy’s back
There in the background the DJ is playin’
A rap song I can’t stand
Your small minded friends
Shootin’ tequila
Pretendin’ their bullshit matters
They’ll get tired of your same old song and dance

That vinyl keeps on spinnin’
It never ends
Over and over
Again and again and again

It’s just your mean streak
Twistin’ the dagger
You’ll stick into some fools back
There in the background the DJ is playin’
A Madonna song I can’t stand
Your small minded friends swillin’ tequila
Pretendin’ their bullshit matters

They’ll get tired of your same old song and dance
They won’t give a damn ‘bout your same old song and dance

Hungover again feelin’ half dead
Run over by a truck you can see the tread
I done spent half of my paycheck
Wonder what crazy things I said
Now I’m singin’ a drunkards lament
Guess it’s time for me to repent

Chorus:
Gonna miss my whiskey
Like my old dog Lester
The Coupe de Ville I wrecked in September
Rosalee the shapely bartender
And a few things I don’t remember

Doctor worried about my consumption
Look like I took a left hook from Mike Tyson
My mind burned out like a cigarette
Mem’ry fried like a Waffle House omelet
Still gotta a stash of California weed
Gonna smoke me a cloud of serenity

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Gotta cut the juice loose
Or baby gonna leave me
Pissin’ her off is mighty risky
Bein’ dignified ain’t gonna be easy

I’m sure gonna miss my whiskey
Yes I’m sure gonna miss my whiskey

Hung over again
Feelin’ half dead

Gotta take me a detour
Off Highway 65
Gotta take me a detour
Cause she ain’t far behind

Her ball and chain shackled me to the floor
She nailed shut ev’ry door
I busted loose stole her car
Now she’s greasin’ up her gun for sure

Gotta take me a detour
Off Highway 65
Gotta take me a detour
Cause she ain’t far behind

I might as well be drivin’ a hearse
She’s already diggin’ up dirt
Got me a headstone in the boneyard
Chiseled with an evil curse

Gotta take me a detour
Gotta take me a detour
Off Highway 65

Oh Regina Regina
What’s become of you and me
Oh Regina Regina
Still in my heart and in my dreams
I thought love was never ending
Thought it was for eternity
Then it disappeared
So suddenly

Oh Regina Regina
Come take me by the hand
Oh Regina Regina
Maybe we’ll find what we once had
I thought love was never ending
Thought it was for eternity
Then it disappeared
So suddenly

So many words left unspoken
So many tears I did not see
Till our hearts were broken
But hearts can mend
Love begin again
Help me to believe
To believe

Oh Regina Regina
What’s become of you and me
Oh Regina Regina
Still in my heart and in my dreams
I thought love was never ending
Thought it was for eternity
Then it disappeared so suddenly

I have turned every stone
Walked every mile of this earth
Such a long time searching
For a heart that’s pure
Seems I’d never find love
But it’s happening right now
Ever since you came around

Now every hill that I climb
Ain’t so steep anymore
Each step that I take
So much lighter than before
Travelin’ on this journey
It’s so clear where I am bound
Ever since you came around

So many seasons I’ve seen come
And I’ve seen go
Finally I know what it is I know
Love is all we need
Love is what I’ve found

Ever since you came around
Ever since you came around

This ground beneath my feet
Feels just like quicksand
I’ve fallen in so deep
Now I’m lost in this nowhere land

My heart’s buried beneath the weight
My mind slips into this dark place
Since she’s been gone
I’m sinkin’ like a stone
Into the quicksand

Can’t see no light at all
Gettin’ colder every hour
Tryin’ to crawl out of this hole
Not sure it really matters

My heart’s buried beneath the weight
My mind slips into this dark place
Since she’s been gone
I’m sinkin’ like a stone
Into the quicksand

Wish we could have stayed together somehow
Then she’d be reachin’ out right now
To save this drownin’ man
Sinkin’ down down down down down
Into the quicksand

My heart’s buried beneath the weight
My mind slips into this dark place
Since she’s been gone
I’m sinkin’ like a stone
Into the quicksand
Since she’s been gone
I’m sinkin’ sinkin’ down

Sinkin’ down
Down down down
Down down down

Shiney man on your television
Sellin’ autographed benedictions
A preacher of such conviction
The Las Vegas showroom rendition
Donations spare you from damnation
Counterfeit salvation

The news is bumper sticker quotations
Pretty faces recite dictations
Dumb it down spin the presentation
Advertisers write the narration
Sellin’ instant gratification
Counterfeit salvation

There’s a new drug to help you relax
A pill for weight loss and a bad back
We’ll hook you up with the real smack
Get a taste and you’ll be comin back
Doctors peddlin’ healin’ medications
Counterfeit salvation

Family values your sacred advice
But senator you sure got appetites
Hookers and bag money on the side
You’re a pimp and a whore at the same time

Wall street back door deal maker
Your heart attack a real deal breaker
You can’t bribe no undertaker
Gold coffin ain’t shit to gravediggers
The devil’s got leverage in this situation
He’s gonna get his compensation
He sold it you bought it pay up
Counterfeit salvation

Her angry words
Are like an arrow in flight
There’s a battle goin’ on her mind
She’s got steel armor on
To protect a heart
That’s been broken
Too many times

Well I hope somebody
Helps her understand
Life don’t always go
As you planned
They just happen
Sometimes

So come on out
From your castle of doubt
There’s a lotta life to live out here
Don’t pack no suitcase
Just start walkin’
Your destination is near

I’m gonna help you understand
Life don’t always go
As you planned
They just happen
Sometimes
Sometimes

Tuesday follows Monday
But you don’t care about
So tomorrow never comes
Cause you are only lookin’ back

I’m gonna help you understand
Life don’t always go
As you planned
Those dark days
Drift away
They just happen
Sometimes
Sometimes

So come on out from your castle of doubt
There’s a lotta life to live out
A lotta life to live out here
Lotta life to live out her
Lotta life to live out here

The wrong people steal the headlines
Gossip greed and lies
Pockets full of dirty money
Pile it onto their bottom line
Too much is not enough
Shake you down for one more dime
But the rest of us got a better way of livin’ our lives

The pickpockets are wearin’ silk suits
Makin’ deals in the backroom
Politicians bought and sold
At a bargain price
Everything’s for sale
But they got nothin’ we will buy
Cause the rest of us got a better way of livin’ our lives

This used to be a quiet little town
Wrecking ball came knocked it down
For shiney high rises and boulevards
Leading to downtown Babylon

My Father’s generation
Goodwill and honesty
Not one blink of hesitation
Helping anybody in need
You could see it in their eyes
Wanting the best for you and I
They taught us a better way of livin’ our lives
Now we’ve got a better way of livin’ our lives

Too much money for one man to spend
Too much house where I sleep
Too much champagne in my glass
Too much sugar on my sugar tree

Suddenly
My luck’s been changin’
Now I’m livin’
Way on top
There’s just one thing
That I’m needin’
I wanna have all the love you got

Too much wild imagination
Too much yearning and desire
Too much anticipation
Too much smoke let’s start a fire

Suddenly
My lucks been changin’
Now I’m livin’
Way on top
There’s just one thing
That I’m needin’
I wanna have all the love you got

We belong together
Both of us can tell
Got these feelins’ I never felt
Baby my heart is overwhelmed
I got too much love
To keep to myself
I got too much love
To keep to myself

A little bit of this
A whole lotta that
Come on darlin’ help yourself

I got too much love
To keep to myself

Darlin’ I know I’ve done this before
Wild dogs come howl at my door
I put the devil’s crown on my head
Follow him around until I’m half dead
Drinkin’ poison to quench my thirst
Sure goes down easy at first
Got to unwind this tailspin
And get on home to you

Temptation lures me up to the ledge
Sometimes I slip over the edge
I used to think I could fly
Now I crash land ev’ry time
It sure is a long way down
Till my feet are back on the ground
Got to unwind this tailspin
And get on home to you

Darlin’ please leave the porchlight on
The wild blue yonder is getting’ colder
Baby I’m comin’ back home

Like a hell hound chasin’ his tale
I go round and round the same worn out trail
Movin’ fast as a runaway train
Only cinders and ashes remain
I always run outta track
Before I’m too far gone to get back

Got to unwind this tailspin
And get on home to you
Got to unwind this tailspin
Get on home to you