[Intro] Midnight on the small stage Thumb on a tired string Motel light like a witness To the sins I bring [Verse 1] Dust on my boots And a name on a faded sign Played the room till it closed And I lost a little time Coffee gone cold On a bar that forgot my face A highway of strangers And a slow empty grace [Pre-Chorus] I lean on the bottle When the night turns low Chasing easy laughter Down a sidewinder road [Chorus] Lord, it's a hard life A hard way to go I gotta get back On that straight road Been drifting like a feather Where the wild winds blow Lord, I gotta get back On that straight road [Verse 2] Ticket stubs and postcards From a town called Maybe The amp hums like a heartbeat That keeps me steady Faces blur in the lights And the songs run thin Every mile a memory Of where I once had been [Pre-Chorus] Temptation's a whisper That sounds like home And I answer in whispers When I'm all alone [Chorus] Lord, it's a hard life A hard way to go I gotta get back On that straight road Been drifting like a feather Where the wild winds blow Lord, I gotta get back On that straight road [Bridge] A man down by the river As I walked on by Said, “Keep your heart steady Don't trade your truth for a lie So, I'll stitch up these worn clothes Try to fix what I broke I’ll follow the dawn Where this hard road goes [Breakdown] My word is Soft as a promise But as clear as a prayer Try to fingerpick the truth Till it fills the air [Chorus] Lord, it's a hard life A hard way to go I gotta get back On that straight road Been drifting like a feather Where the wild winds blow Lord, I gotta get back On that straight road [Outro] Streetlights to sunrise I'll walk where the signs show —I’ll just have this one last bottle Then….Then back to the straight road
