| Song Length |
3:46 |
Genre |
Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll, Folk - Rural |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Restless, Moving |
Subject |
Frustration, Spirituality |
| Similar Artists |
The Band, Tom Waits |
Language |
English |
Lyrics
Sitting up in the dogwood tree
Before we had fences
Oh now, I'm all alone
With a brokedown song
Ten years gone, haven't done a damn thing
Just a fool selling bottle caps out on the street
Roamin' downtown, around, collecting nothin'
Lookin' for somethin' I can keep
Straight and narrow kept me around and then
Threw me out on the dirt
Had a friend, could build anything, but he
Didn't know how to work
He said, whiskey's a friend of mine
It gets me by
They all want me to tow the line
Can't they see, I know how to fly
Ten years gone, taking cover down in the low ground
Junkyard dog, with a bone to pick and no one to fight
Creepin' through the back door, on the floor, back on the street
Lookin' for somethin' I can keep
Ten years gone, taking cover down in the low ground
Junkyard dog, with a bone to pick and no one to fight
Creepin' through the back door, on the floor, back on the street
Lookin' for somethin' I can keep
Lookin' for somethin' I can keep
Lookin' for somethin' I can keep
Lookin' for somethin' I can keep