[Lyric] Mechanics Barstools (Bumpin Uglies & Joey Harkum)

[Chorus]
Mechanics and barstools are the things that I've seen
I've been ocean to ocean and places between
But it ain't just a party when you're chasing the dream
So mechanics and barstools are the things that I've seen

[Verse 1]
Snow chains and growing pains, I've dealt with them both
Driven all night with an engine light to pass out on the coast
Hit every shitty bar inside of every major city
Sacrificed a decade to a Chevrolet 350
Buried friends and witnessed brothers lose relationships to hate
I've seen bands that should be famous become casualties of fate
While self-entitled rich kids bought their way into the scene
It is fucked up and it ain't fair but you can't stop the machine
It's obscene and it ain't right and I've seen weaker men pass out
Met the silver-tongued demons that you hear stories about
Whispering my songs were shit but that didn't make it fine
If I'd just follow their lead and sign upon the dotted line
Vans rolling in convoys, the quarantine cowboys
Riding again, chasing stages to destroy
It'll never be the same when the boys roll into town
And we ain't apologizing when we burn the fucker down
[Chorus]
Mechanics and barstools are the things that I've seen
I've been ocean to ocean and places between
But it ain't just a party when you're chasing the dream
So mechanics and barstools are the things that I've seen

[Verse 2: Joey Harkum]
Hurry up and wait, sound check's running late
Pack the van and burn the tab and drive eight hours straight
Every city on the tour, the people we adore
Screaming revolution in an ever present war
How the hell did this all get started?
Now I can't seem to depart it
Poison in my veins, pushing through the pain
I sacrificed a normal life and now I got a name
But I know something you don't know, my friends
When you love the work, the work will never end
So you can count all your mistakes, you can unlearn every lesson
You can focus on the obstacle or focus on the blessing
Of a life out on the road, it's earned but never owed
Where the only thing for certain is there's nothing set in stone

[Chorus]
Mechanics and barstools are the things that I've seen
I've been ocean to ocean and places between
But it ain't just a party when you're chasing the dream
So mechanics and barstools are the things that I've seen
[Outro]
When the curtain falls and I'm dismissed
I'll ramble on through the abyss
Not knowing rest but do not weep
Certain souls weren't meant for sleep