[Verse 1] A man's got to have cold Walk along a higher road Learn to love the Holy Ghost Whatever dulls the pain On a piece of the promised land Take pride in a farmer's tan Get a little when you can And keep praying for the rain [Verse 2] So I work my nine-to-five Tryin' to keep the dream alive Kicking it into overdrive And burnin' it at both...Learn More

[Verse 1] I grew up and found my way Honest work for decent pay Heard the call of the lost highway And took off running [Verse 2] I grew up and picked my fight Lost a battle 'most every night Dodged the left but I caught the right One to grow on [Chorus] I'll grow my hair 'til it feathers or fades Tend my garden with a golden spade Raise the...Learn More

[Verse 1] All I need is an alibi A lie I've never told And you could be my best kept secret I'll be something you can hold With the rhyme and the rhythm on the radio I get your heart beating right in time But all that I can hear is the sound of the shatter So you can show me yours but you'll never have mine [Chorus] You've got me where you want...Learn More

[Verse 1] I don't believe in luck But when you turn the key She always cranks right up So I will navigate And you can clear your head Out on the Interstate [Chorus] You know where I stand With thunder on my breath And lightning in my hand When the fields turn to dust And steel turns to rust And when the good old days are as good as gone I know...Learn More

[Verse 1] Well it was harder on me than it was on my brother He'd swear up and down that I'm telling you lies I was raised by our father out in Odessa He was raised by our mother the light of her eye Last I had heard he'd run south of the border The day Mother died he lost his way So I'm just passing through in search of my brother Trying to make...Learn More

[Verse 1] I'm a burn out Right down the filter Ashes and embers are all that remain Of a good man Right down to the letter That never would settle when it all sounds the same [Chorus] Still light the fuse on your stick of dynamite Still hypnotized by fire Try to put me out and I'll keep putting up a fight 'Cause I'm the last of my kind [Verse...Learn More

[Verse 1] It's another hit about a heartache Somebody done somebody wrong All that remains of a memory Now lives forever in a song They took a million broken pieces To fill an empty page with lines They find a few to string together And find a way to make 'em rhyme [Chorus] And every hour on the hour It plays on my radio And one thing leads to...Learn More

[Verse 1] On Monday mornin' I'm a-hemmin' and a-hawin' tryin' to get myself in gear I'm on a hard-hat crew 'cause the bills are due and I'm in up to my ears But come Friday night I'll be feelin' right when I'm cashin' my check downtown Where the liquor's sold and the beers are cold and the jukebox turned up loud [Chorus] I'm livin' paycheck to...Learn More

[Verse 1] Another night with a bitter end And I've been drinking alone again Just thinking 'bout some old friends and some used to be's I ain't ever gonna change the sound Up here living on the higher ground Nobody ever comes around but I like it that way [Pre-Chorus 1] In my new reality Where the truth is plain to see [Chorus 1] That I miss old...Learn More