One Hand Upon the Wheel

I walk myself to Grady's just like I often do Where the beer is fifty cents a glass and the jukebox free til noon And I always play Hank Wiliams just like my daddy did Where it's laid out on the table and the meaning never hid Think I'll take me down to Shelbyville if I can hustle up the fare I hear there's work with horses and my brother's living there And we'll go out for the evening but his wife won't let me stay He'll do just what she asks him he's always been that way Maybe I'll hit the Baptist church, I think it's Wednesday night, Get another pamphlet bout the darkness and the light Maybe I will walk the aisle I don't do it for the show When I hear the altar calling boys I know it's time to go I'm old and near forgotten save the neighbor with the meals Death lays waiting in the shadows and that's the way he deals But I close my eyes and kiss her and she's close enough to feel We're driving to Montgomery One hand upon the wheel