[Verse 1] Laurie counts the rent in cash By the sink with a busted latch He wants chrome, he wants the road Wants that house with the heavy load Bills pile up high on the table She works the night just to keep him able Every mile, every show-town run She keeps the engine fed for his kingdom [Pre-Chorus] She bites her tongue Keeps the flame alive Hands full of dust So he can survive [Chorus] For the house, for the ride She bears the weight tonight For the shows, for the chase She keeps the world in place Laurie takes the meat Laurie thinks she's sweet (Laurie likes that meat) [Verse 2] Polished smiles and a locked-up door A hundred promises, then he wants more Corvette dreams in a weekend haze She pays the price in all her sleazy ways Steel strings cry when the truth comes out He talks so big, but she don’t walk proud She’s got scars where the small talk ends Still she stands when her two legs spread!! [Pre-Chorus] She bites her tongue Keeps the flame alive Hands full of dust So he can survive [Chorus] For the house, for the ride She bears the weight tonight For the shows, for the chase She keeps the world in place Laurie takes the meat Laurie thinks she's so damned sweet!! (Laurie likes that meat) [Bridge] Half-time thunder,see those lights gone red Every time he sold her, every lying word he said She sees the cracks in the wedding gold facade One more mile and she knows her body pays the cost!! [Chorus] For the house, for the ride She bears the weight tonight For the shows, for the chase She keeps the world in place Laurie takes the meat Laurie thinks she's something great to eat (Laurie likes that meat)!!
