Woke up this morning, got a dead hooker in my bed

Don’t know how she got here, or why my hands are so red

There’s pills and bottles all over my floor

There’s an angry cop outside, and he’s banging…

The law isn’t just for any of us in this town

Breaks all the rules out of any old fool comes around

We all say it’s my way on this stretch of highway to hell

And noone can lead us…

Put your money in the hat

Put your money in the hat

You give your dollar to Deacon Roach

And listen to Reverend Rat

  Oooh church of the bottle

  Oooh church of the glass

  Oooh church of the bottle

  Come…

They say he worked for the government

In the shadows of statues and monuments

Earning all the little perks there for a while

But he wanted more than a paycheck and a smile

They say he kept it all to…

It was the middle of town, in the middle of June

He was looking for a way to nowhere in the afternoon

He was standing by the road, greasy thumb in the air

He was standing by a cardboard sign…

Matuska oh matuska

Your family thought you were so sweet and kind

Matuska oh matuska

And just what will you leave behind

On a hot August day

You lay in wait for the train

Just a few mile south of…

Since the first night in the hospital

Bouncing your head on my chest

Never felt complete, the naps in the seat

Always calm when you were upset

You always had your own place

And each mirror I look inside

Always…

I can see my love there

She lies in the still water

And when the sun comes down

My love won't be around

I took my love up the mountainside last may

We said no words as we walked along…

Will they think of me In this ugly old suit

I'm stiff as my collar And shiny as my boot

Makeup to hide my New pale colors

And a big wooden box That cost 3000 dollars

Walking past me With…

Most exciting thing in a young man's life

Is to ask the girl on his shoulder to be his wife

Basking in a haze of kisses and booze

On a green hilltop with nothing to lose

When she said yes…

I got one more hour Before the cops catch me

You gotta hear what I say While I still am free

I didn't mean to shoot her down Didn't think I could

She got out the car But I knew…

I want to wake up with the shape of your ear in the skin of my shoulder

I want to count all your hairs that slowly turn gray as we get older and older

I want to stay in for…