[Lyric] A Couple Off The Top (Pert Near Sandstone)

[Verse]
He smokes cigars and carries a gun
Makes good money but he don’t have none
He’s the fiddler’s elbow & the horse’s shoes
The engine’s pistons & the blind man’s blues

[Chorus]
He took a couple off the to, like he done before
A couple off the top, he's coming back for more
A couple off the top, like breathing air
A couple off the top and now there's nothing to spare

[Verse]
He’s a castlе of cards and you’re a windy day
Can’t see what’s coming to get out of the way
Hе drank the sour milk all his life
And now so do his kids and so doeswife

[Chorus]
He took a couple off the top, like it was no big deal
A couple off the top, you know he always will
A couple off the top, that's what I said
A couple off the top, the rest of us were in bed
[Verse]
Strippers and diners all he desires
The bottom of a glass is all the class required
He might blame his troubles on another man
But take a look what’s in his other hand

[Chorus]
He took a couple off the top, like he done before
A couple off the top, he's coming back for more
A couple off the top, like breathing air
A couple off the top and now there's nothing to spare

[Verse]
He's the fiddler's elbow and the horse's shoes
An engine's pistons and the blind man's blues
A touchy button like a hairpin trigger
How’s he’s come this far is hard to figure

[Chorus]
He took a couple off the top, like it was no big deal
A couple off the top, you know he always will
A couple off the top, that's what I said
A couple off the top, the rest of us were in bed
[Chorus]
A couple off the top, like he done before
A couple off the top, he's coming back for more
A couple off the top, like breathing air
A couple off the top and now there's nothing to spare