Lyrics

BEHIND BARS
Jenkins/Seighman






HE CAME TO TOWN ON A GREYHOUND
EIGHT-TEEN AND A DREAM
WITH HIS BEST FRIEND MARTIN
AND FIVE OL? RUSTY STRINGS
THE SECOND HE HIT THE PAVEMENT
MUSIC FILLED THE AIR
AND IN A LOUD VOICE HE YELLED BOYS
GET READY I?M HERE

HE WALKED INTO THE RISING STAR
WITH HOPES THAT HE COULD PLAY
BUT THE ONLY JOB THAT WAS PAYING
WAS MAKING DRINKS FOR MINIMUM WAGE

CHORUS:

NOW HE GIVES IT HIS BEST SHOT EVERYNIGHT
POURING HIS HEART OUT OVER THE ROCKS
CAUSE HIS FUTURES STILL ON ICE
BUT HE MIGHT AS WELL BE IN PRISON
OR CASTAWAY ON MARS
WAITING ON HIS BIG BREAK, STILL THREE-FOOT OF WOOD AWAY
SERVING TIME BEHIND BARS


EVERY HAPPY HOUR, HE?S IN THE DOWN AND OUT
FROM FOUR TO SIX, IT?S TWO FOR ONE
THE SAME OL? SMOKEY CROWN
THE JUKEBOX KEEPS REMINDING HIM
OF WHY HE CHOSE THIS LIFE
THOUGH HE?S NEVER BEEN HEARD
HE SINGS EVERY WORD
IN THE SHADOWS OF THE NEON LIGHTS

CHORUS: REPEAT

WAITING ON HIS BIG BREAK, STILL THREE- FOOT OF WOOD AWAY
SERVING TIME BEHIND BARS
DOING HIS TIME, BEHIND BARS