Ain't No Place for Me

[Intro] There's a fire burnin' out in the cold, But it don't warm my weary soul. The whiskey burns, the night is long, Ain't no place where I belong. [Verse 1] This old world's got a crooked spine, And I can't stand it, though I try. Folks keep smilin' through their lies, But I'm too damn tired to comply. [Chorus] Tell ya, I don't like this life, I don't like this world, Can't stand the lies, ain't got no pearls. Just an empty bottle and a shattered dream, Watchin' the smoke rise from a burned-out scene. [Verse 2] There's a preacher down the road with a Bible in hand, Says he's got the answer, got a promised land. But I've been down that road before, And I ain't prayin' no more. [Bridge] Oh, the stars look down with pity in their eyes, 'Cause they see me driftin', caught in a web of lies. I'm just a man who's lost his way, Ain't no savin' for a soul gone astray. [Chorus] Tell ya, I don't like this life, I don't like this world, Can't stand the lies, ain't got no pearls. Just an empty bottle and a shattered dream, Watchin' the smoke rise from a burned-out scene. [Outro] I'll ride into the night where the shadows fall, Where nobody's waitin' and nobody calls. Just a man with his hat pulled low, Leavin' behind a world he don't want to KNOW.