[Verse 1] I woke up this evening I drank a hot beer And ate a cold breakfast for dinner I called an old girlfriend To wish she was here 'Cause it's getting cold now this winter And my hands started shaking My body started aching And I thought that these headaches were quittin' And it made my heart stop 'Cause I left my door unlocked To find a bum asleep in my kitchen [Chorus] Tell me why does my head hurt when I get to drinking My eyes look like they just might bleed My heart starts to breaking if I get to thinking 'Bout the way that my life ought to be Smoking dope don't work like it used to Cocaine's burned holes in my nose There's something here that I must signify Could it be that I'm just getting old [Instrumental] [Verse 2] Well I headed down the stairs And I walked up the sidewalk I lived here in seventy-three And the place sure has changed Cause these girls with no name Want to sell me what I get for free Well I couldn't hack it So I zipped up my jacket And I tried hard to empty my mind But my eyes started burning As my head started turning Towards a memory of happier times [Chorus] Tell me why does my head hurt when I get to drinking My eyes look like they just might bleed My heart starts to breaking if I get to thinking 'Bout the way that my life used to be Smoking dope don't work like it used to Cocaine's burned holes in my nose There's something here that I must signify This stuff won't fill that hole in my soul Yeah the years slipped by... (spoken) God it's cold
