One Side of Myself
Stand Our Ground (Acoustic)
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1Stand Our Ground (Acoustic)
Will you take me up to Rose Hill
When you lay my body low
Wrap me in a flag, throw some flowers on the ground
Say a few words then let me go
There's no need to defend my honor
Or justify the life I gave
There's no need for the pictures of my happy childhood there
Please don't pour salt upon my graveI knew long ago that I would be the one
To brandish my sword should they beat those battle drums
I stood my ground, I stood for something worth falling forAsk my father to forgive me
I know he didn't understand
He worked too hard for way too many years
To lose his boy in a foreign sand
There's no doubt, he is angry
There's no doubt where he'll place the blame
But don't let him fall apart, Mama, don't let him go back to those pills
Only time will ease the painI died a patriot, a soldier just like him
Fought like he taught me to, until the very end
I stood my ground, I stood for something worth falling for
Worth falling forTake my stripes and take my medals
Take my cross and these dog tags, too
Put 'em in a package and stain it with your tears
Send it up to Pennsylvania Avenue
My last regards to the men in charge
Let him know I served my country well
Yeah, he was right behind me all the way to Kandahar
The night my broken body fellDon't let a day go by without a peaceful prayer
For my brothers and my sisters still fighting over thereThey stand their ground,
They stand for something worth falling for yeah
They stand their ground,
They stand for something worth falling for
Worth dying for
I’m Not Gonna Cry 2020
Live From Buckhead
The Singer in A Band
San Diego
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1San Diego
San Diego, kind and warm
The sun don’t bite and the clouds don’t storm
All year long, dressed up in spring
The nights get cool but the air don’t stingThin long sleeves and blue jeans feel just right
To sit out here and watch the ships go by
And have a nice long drink of the smooth Pacific breeze I got all this room to breathe in San DiegoWhere I come from the weather’s mean
Winter leaps right over spring
The summer’s long and autumn’s brief
No, we don’t get many days like theseWhen thin long sleeves and blue jeans feel just right
So I sit out here and watch the ships go by
I send a picture to my baby, hope she ain’t still mad at me
I just needed room to breathe in San DiegoI don’t know why we push each other to extremes
Straight from the laughter to the screams
One night its burning up and the next its rock hard freeze
Oh, I wish our love could be like...San Diego, kind and warm
The sun don’t bite and the clouds don’t storm
All year long, dressed up in spring
Not hot and cold, Just a friendly in betweenOh like San Diego. Ooh ooh.
When thin long sleeves and blue jeans just right
To sit out here and watch the ships go by
Got me thinking bout my baby, yeah
and San Diego
San Diego
Well Enough
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1Well Enough
Keep it simple stupid.
You’ve gotta learn to trust your gut
Or you’ll figure out
How to really screw a good thing up Like when I re-recorded
Half my early catalog
It sounded commercial
Wound up pissin’ my core fan base off But it wasn’t my intention
Hell I thought it made a lot of sense Go back and try again
Add a few more instrumentsTurned out to be a shit show And I got to be the star
That record was a big flop And it nearly broke my heart
But I learned my lesson
I learned my lesson well
I learned my lesson
Quit second guessing myself
I learned my lesson
Sometimes there ain’t nothing wrong
With leaving well enough alone
Leaving well enough aloneDon’t be too insecure
I think its the root of my distress
Never felt good enough
Even when I’s at my best
Like when I played the Opry
Some people said I stole the show
All I remember’s
Steppin’ on that man’s guitar solo
I never heard a compliment
Without some asshole in my head
Putting me down
Telling me I’ll never be worth a shitI got tired of bein’ picked on
So I punched him in the mouth
i’m still a long way from perfect
But he’s nicer to me nowYeah I learned my lesson
I learned my lesson well
I learned my lesson
Now I ain’t so hard on myself
I learned my lesson
Sometimes there ain’t nothing wrong
With leaving well enough aloneI’ve seen my expectations
Go higher than I could climb
And damn it hurt
To watch ‘em spiral in a steep nose dive
Like when that record man said
“Son you ain’t go what it takes
This business ain’t got much to do
With how you sound these days
You aint got the jaw line or the biceps
You don’t feel out your jeans
And worst of all
You wanna hog all of the publishing”I wasted a bunch o’ years
Trying to prove that bastard wrong
But he was telling me the truth
I kind of knew it all alongBut I learned my lesson
I learned my lesson well
I learned my lesson
Quit second guessing myself
I learned my lesson
Sometimes their ain’t nothing wrong
With leaving well enough alone
Leaving well enough alone
Leaving well enough alone
Where I Wish I Was
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1Where I Wish I Was
I wish I was home with you
It’s awful lonely here in Brooklyn
I love New York, you know
There’s so much to see here, baby
But lately I don’t feel like looking
I’m tired of waking up where I don’t wanna be
This tiny room is closing in on meYou’re where I wish I was. If I had the choice
I’d be jumping a plane right now
And you’d be on your way to come pick me up
Soon as the wheels touch down
You’re where I wish I was, but it’s out of my hands
It ain’t in the cards I hold
But I thought you should know
You’re where I wish I was
You’re where I wish I wasWish I was lying in our bed
With your head upon my shoulder
I’d lose all the circulation in my arm, honey
But I wouldn’t dream of rollin’ over
Having the blankets to myself here leaves me cold
It’s always a nightmare, not having you to holdYou’re where I wish I was. If I had the choice
I’d be jumping a plane right nowAnd you’d be on your way to come pick me up
Soon as the wheels touch down
You’re where I wish I was, but its out of my hands
It ain’t in the cards I hold
But I thought you should know
You’re where I wish I was
You’re where I wish I wasI’m second-guessing the profession that I chose
Times like this I think I’d rather go brokeYou’re where I wish I was. If I had the choice
I’d be jumping a plane right now
And you’d be on your way to come pick me up
Soon as the wheels touch down
You’re where I wish I was, but its out of my hands
It ain’t in the cards I hold
But I thought you should know
You’re where I wish I was
You’re where I wish I was
Goin’ Blind
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1Goin’ Blind
The spotlight ain’t treating me well.
It gets up in my face, I can’t see nothing else.
I start losing my place, it keeps ringing my bell
‘tiI can’t leave the stage without somebody’s help or I’ll fall.Been getting worse every night,
like a big puff of smoke slowly covering my eyes,
screwin’ up my head, got me squintin’ all the time.
Now people I know are getting hard to recognize and I’m scared.Goin’ blind. I bet you didn’t notice.
Goin’ blind. Hardly anybody knows it;
my wife and my kids,
some family and friends,
the ones that drive me ‘round
and hold the lamps that guide me in.Goin’ blind.
I’m too young for feeling so elderly.
Will somebody please come and read this to me?
Going everywhere in the passenger seat.
Tell me. “What kind of man can’t get his kids from point A to B?”Goin’ blind - like I might not see you later.
Goin’ blind - askin’ everyone for favors.
I don’t know where I’d be without my family and friends;
the ones that drive me ‘round and hold the lamps that guide me in.They’ve been trying to keep me optimistic.
“Surely, the doctor’s gonna fix it.
Even if they don’t, hey, it’ll be alright.”
But I’ve had trouble with the bright side.Goin’ blind. I’ve had to really think it over.
Goin’ blind. Oh, its nearly scared me sober.
I’ve been leaning on the Lord, my family and friends;
the ones that drive me ‘round and hold the lamps that guide me in.Goin’ blind brought the heart back into focus.
Goin’ blind - so much love I failed to notice
Goin’ blind.
Cellophane
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1Cellophane
Cellophane
Front pocket of my blue jeans
A little fire and little green
Enough to make me king
On a Friday night
In a trailer off of Dry Pond Road
Where me and the boys would go to get loaded
And hide out from the law.It was just a weekend thing
Compliments for the alcohol
It was no big deal
Just a weekend thing
Sleep it off on the couch
Don’t get behind the wheelBreak it out
I want a taste
Of watch you’ve got
In that cellophaneCellophane
A bunch of kids
Same feather same kind of cool
We dropped out of the Sunday school
And made up our own rules for a few good years
Till the cops came sniffin’ round
Till they took our dope man down
Good shit got hard to findWhen It was just a weekend thing
Compliments for the alcohol
It was no big deal
Just a weekend thing
Sleep it off on the couch
Don’t get behind the wheelBreak it out
I want a taste
Of watch you’ve got
In that cellophaneCellophane
Cellophane
A hand of prescription pills
That’s when the shit got real
They say those things can kill
Well I know first hand
A phone call that bent my knee
His momma wouldn’t look at me
Like she thought I’s to blame
Well maybe I was
Maybe I didn’t try hard enough
I told him he ourght kick that start
Guess we should’ve known right from the startIt was just a weekend thing
A little help for the alcohol
It was no big deal
Just a weekend thing
Sleep it off on the couch
Don’t get behind the wheelBreak it out
I want a taste
Of watch you’ve got
In that cellophane
Dry
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1Dry
I didn’t stay out late last night
So nothing’s hanging over me today
And I’m ashamed to say it but it’s been a long, long time
Since I woke up in this good of shapeI’ve got no hammer against my head
And my recollection’s fine
I’ve got no need for rehydration
‘Cause I didn’t go drinking myself dryDrinking myself dry
Burning my belly full of holes
The more liquor I pour in the well
The more it drains everything else
‘Til liquor’s all I’m thirsty for
I wind up sleepin’ in my boots
Waking up on the floor
Telling myself that it’s alright
Just had a little too much last night
I’ve been drinking myself drySome days I wake up fightin’ mad
I feel like whoopin’ my own tail
I stare in the mirror, I wanna put my fist right through
‘Cause I can’t stand looking at myselfBut this morning I’m feeling quite well
Here with my children and my wife
I’ve got everything a man could hope for
Why I got to go drinking myself dryDrinking myself dry
Burning my heart full of holes
The more liquor I pour in the well
The more it drains everything else
‘Til liquor is all I’m thirsty for
She’s been telling me for years
You can’t live like this for long
But I couldn’t see that she was right
Cause I had dust all in my eyes
I was drinking myself dryBut I think I’ve finally seen the light
I wiped the dust out of my eyes
I think I’ve drank myself dry.
Outtakes from the Georgia Theatre