Song Description
A guy who's down on his luck wonders why it is that the world seems to be treating him so harshly. Despite the opportunities for salvation and redemption that are offered, he still feels like he is being haunted and hunted and cursed.
| Song Length |
4:16 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative, Folk - Country |
| Tempo |
Floating |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Passive |
Subject |
Existence, Life |
| Similar Artists |
Bruce Springsteen, Lucinda Williams |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
I've got pockets full of sorrow
I've got late nights out walking in the rain
I've got last night's small change singing
Lonely afterhours and sad refrains
I got some good news from Santa Cruz
I got some bad news too they told me I was bound to lose
And I said what're we gonna do
When we get through with the money that we've got?
Chorus:
Me you know I ain't got long
For this world left I feel
Many nights have seen me running
With the devil at my heels
And you can't put your arm around a memory
Or all the good and bad things that the bottle's been to me
You know the lady beside me
You know the lady beside me is a long lost friend
You can hang in there
But the blues are gonna get you in the end
Yeah the blues are gonna get you in the end
Hear the church choir every Sunday
Sing Amazing Grace down by the parking lot
I have nothing you have everything
You're so dissatisfied with the angels that you've got
You turn 'round try convince yourself that you don't know
Were you not a stranger too in Egypt a long, long time ago?
And you say why're you swearing by
That old crucifix of Mexican silver?