Story Behind The Song
A song influenced by "anti-hero" cowboy movies
Song Description
A man on the run song
| Song Length |
3:17 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative, Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Worried, Restless |
Subject |
Crime, Theft, Prison |
| Similar Artists |
Neil Young, Wilco |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
While the Getting Good
Another case of mistaken identity
I feel sorry for the boy who looks like me
But the hellhounds are on my trail
And I'm moving just a snail
And I don't want to go back to jail
Gotta git gotta git while the gettin' good
Gonna leave this place you know that I should
Over slept the cover of the moon and stars
I don't know where I'm going
But it better be far
Gotta git real gone
While the getting good
Sought the solace of a southern saloon
When I heard a voice a familiar tune
It was my old soul mate
And we had to consummate
And she kept me up way too late
Gotta git Gotta git while the gettin' good
Gonna leave this place you know that I should
Over slept the cover of the moon and stars
I don't know where I'm going
But it better be far
Gotta git real gone
While the getting good
I never wanted this for a plan
No I never planned to be a wanted man
Like a chess champion
With a checkered past
My incognito will never last
Woke up with the sun burning my eyes
And I ask myself "why Lord why"
Last night whiskey pounds my brain
And a lesser man would go insane
And I've spend my ill-gotten gains