The Carnival Lyrics

The lights are overheating, the curtains won’t go down, The roller-coaster's busted and I’m ready for the ground 'Til I hear you - "Don’t be like that." My fingertips are bl...Read Full Lyrics

The Lord works in a strange way, There ain't no doubt, Man he's gonna make a man of me, He's gonna straighten me out somehow. I was twenty-seven years old that summer, Just ha...Read Full Lyrics

I'm sittin alone in my three-bedroom home A mile east of where I was raised Starin out the window at my dog in the backyard In the pine straw covered with clay Damn he's a mess but...Read Full Lyrics

One broken bottle One broken man Drenched in a bourbon perfume Just rocking away In my daddy's chair Paying the devil his dues Feel Like I'm goin down with the wreckage Trapped in...Read Full Lyrics

I had a place on a dirt road’s end, Back in the woods near the Broad River bend. I had a double-wide, back side of the family farm. Kinfolks lived on every side. We all got a lo...Read Full Lyrics

We were sitting 'round a fire, just me and my two boys. I was shuffling through some classics I thought they might enjoy, The ones I cut my teeth on, circa 1994, When life was bu...Read Full Lyrics

Lord I wish that you could take me Back to 1983 Before my folks untied the knot that bound our home And busted up the family tree We’d get up early every Sunday Pile into my gra...Read Full Lyrics

I was learning how to love and love and learn. I fell for a girl one county north of the town where I was born. She was the most athletic senior in the school where her mama taught...Read Full Lyrics

More talk of revolution and you’re nodding off, Head upon your desk until the teacher coughs. What are you here for? Oh, what are you here for? Digging through the garbage, pull...Read Full Lyrics

When I was only 17 couldn't wait for twenty one I'd hang around on Clayton St in the bars there getting drunk A baseball cap and a fake I'd would get me in the clubs Then I would d...Read Full Lyrics