You are a nerf herder Who you calling scruffy looking?

The only thing that sounded good to him tonight Was to go out and drink alone To listen to some old bar songs And stew for a while He found the place that he was looking for No one inside and no action by the door And in the back room he was feeling good When in walked a girl named mud She sat next to him at the table Small girl and a tad unstable Buy me a drink she said And you won't have to go home alone tonight My heart's been broken and I'm looking for release So tonight my lovin' will be strong But it'll be a little brief On any other day he would have jumped at the chance But now his soul was in his glass Please won't you hand me the phone I need to call myself a cab Oh please won't you hand me the phone I need to call myself a cab It's gettin' a little strange here for me

I try to be careful with the things I say I try to be easy and not to play The games that other people do they drive me crazy I try to be nice to the people I meet I try to stay loving to the people that I've met Sometimes this game of life is set for me And I try to remember that when times get rough Too much of our time is being spent Trying to figure out if we'll be ok tomorrow And meanwhile I make myself sick Because I'm worn out and I don't have time To take care of me And it ain't selfish to want to be strong But it's a battle that this country has made long And I'm tired of working at a job where I'm no one And have to come home with that thought to my love 'Cause it takes her time to break through What every day does to me And I know I'm not alone Yeah I know I'm not alone Fall came so quickly around me That it made me see all the things in my life that were cloudy All of my time is going someplace I can't trace I'm sure as hell moving but not away from this place So please lover take some time with me I seem to be caught up in something that I can't be I just want to leave it all behind and roll with you Want to leave it all behind and roll with you With you Fall came so quickly around me That it made me see all the things in my life that were cloudy Saw myself being pulled in all different directions By things that to my soul have no connection And it made me miss you Yeah it made me miss you All of my time is going someplace I can't trace I'm sure as hell moving but not away from this place So please lover take some time with me I seem to be caught up in something that I can't be I just want to leave it all behind and roll with you Want to leave it all behind and roll with you With you

Sheets to the wind I see three of them Someone gave me a gift But it's this way I see And hopefully someday soon I won't need my glasses The masses I've seen Only number small beans Like dots from building tops Scampering the parking lots And hopefully someday soon They won't need their glasses Watching movements from afar I see blind religious spar Understanding worlds apart And heresy is spoken art The facts in books are all twisted But still the facts are listed Sifting through a beaten path is hell by the shovel It brings out the madness and numbness in people Sifting through a beaten path just see what you value less But it doesn't compare to what is real Speaking from your soul Can inhibit your goals Because we place what we see In to prejudiced roles And hopefully someday soon You won't need your glasses Preaching is the hardest route To most you're just higher ground Spray away the creeping fowl It happened on your palace ground The only wish for your soul Is freedom beyond the wire Electronic speaking gods Whisper you and your sleeping dogs The mountains only comfort you Until you come to find Sifting through a beaten path just see what you value less But it doesn't compare to what is real

Think I'm going to get drunk tonight Seems to be the way things are going in my life Another round for the table on me Seven or eight more and I might just let it be That should give me the time that I need To think up what I'm going to tell the waitress When the bill meets my empty wallet When that bill meets my empty wallet Yeah Be running for the door Overdrawn and burned out and pissed off I'm getting a little tired of spanging for change I'd take things slower if I cared Maybe I'd take things slower if I cared But I don't No I don't In the movies you can do the dishes Maybe sometimes that old trick might work Not for me Gotta stand up for that When you got a guitar in your hand The blues they can't seem honest But when your hands are as empty as your pockets There ain't no one to blame but yourself Yeah Been drinkin' Been drinkin'

My dog tried to eat the meter man today She didn't mean no harm Allie just wants to play Hanging round the yard waiting for me to get home And if you sneak into my house Boy you'll know what hell's made of Allie please don't you ever go away Allie won't you stay till my dying day One day driving down the road and up pops your head On straydog street in a microbus With the peanut butter blues A long day's drive to the mountains to my home And as I was moving through I found a friend I could use Allie please don't you ever go away Allie won't you stay till my dying day

Walking by the river following tracks On the way to town we're rolling back Wish I had more time to make it last When a thought came to my head about the past Had something to do with a train And a man I knew to be insane Guess it's time again Once upon a time me and a friend of mine Spotted a train moving north It's too late to go hopping in the fall But he said to me "man someday You and me gonna hop that train You and me gonna hop that train" Guess it's time again It's a long way down from here Better keep your eyes on the road Road sign says there be falling rocks Rounding round the corner I lost count Seems like this every time no doubt Down there in the valley was the train By God he was hanging on tight By God he was hanging on tight Guess it's time again

It's getting late Time to be getting on home Too much time Too much time being spent alone Better leave this place You've been at 'Cause you've found You don't belong Hard time Hard time speak from your mind Why you trying Trying to let go Beware Beware It's not hard to find the bottom When you're not looking forward Being alone only makes it harder To trust yourself Try to spend Try to spend less time inside Don't be afraid Of your mind Ask why You are not coming to life You've found what you need to leave behind Things that hurt your heart and piece of mind Leave these things before it's too late Next time see them before they happen Watch for fools who talk in riddles All they want Is for you To follow them Into their heads So they tell you Where you went wrong Take themselves A little higher It's not hard to find the bottom When you're not looking forward Being alone only makes it harder To trust yourself