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Driving rock tribute to a ramblin' man.
lyrics
Backslider
I woke up in St. Louis, probably crash tonight in Georgia,
Drinkin’ like a sailor and fightin’ like a soldier,
Wearin’ badness like a badge, corruption like a crown.
You know I love ya, baby, but it’s only fair to warn ya:
While I’m stuck here in Kentucky, I’m dreamin’ o’ California.
Heard it said: “The only way to keep it up is just to never slow down.”
But, Lord, I have tried. I do the best I can.
But I was born to fly as high as Superman.
I’m a backslider, baby, born to ramble and roam.
Call me “Smoke” cuz when the wind blows, honey, I’ll be gone.
If absence makes the heart grow fonder, I doubt you’ll soon forget me.
If I ain’t in jail, just check the mail, and I’ll write from Rapids City.
Right now, all that I can say is I got to move.
I know that you’s a-wishin’ I’s a different kind o’ creature,
Singin’ in the choir, Sunday dinner with the preacher.
But to me, there ain’t no differences between a grave and a groove.
But, Lord I have tried…
Sunday mornin’, while you’re listenin’ to the deacon
Discoursin’ on sin, you know of whom he’ll be speakin’.
But I’ll be out there somewhere, freedom flappin’ in the breeze.
Don’t get me wrong now, I ain’t sayin’
That I ain’t in need of a whole lotta prayin’.
I just prefer to live on my bootheels than die on my knees.
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