Drown

Workin' time came and away he went His whole life, that's the way that he spent Day after day, findin' a way Workin' his hands down to the bone And he never had to say a word Somehow his silence always made himself heard He was a pipeline man doin' all he can for his family at home But them babies ain't gon' feed themselves So he put all his faith in the King James Bible That he kept on the shelf He was kickin' and floatin, just prayin And hopin' that one day he'd make it on to solid ground As a workin' man in the open water Tryin' not to, tryin' not to Drown And all them bills ain't been paid yet It's hard to do when you're buried in debt One day the banker man came knockin' And he met his 45 And that bullet landed hard The banker man laid dead in the yard He said, I'll be damned If they come and take me off of this land But them babies ain't gon' take care of themselves So he ran from the law down an old dirt road Like a bat shot outta hell He was tryin' to drive, tryin' to survive Hopin' that he was never gonna be found As a wanted man in the open water Tryin' not, tryin' not to drown Whoa-oh-ooh, whoa-oh-oh Whoa-oh-ooh, whoa-oh-oh Whoa-oh-ooh, whoa-oh-oh Whoa-oh-ooh, whoa-oh-oh And I'm a grown man now I'm alive and well My daddy died just yesterday In a Reeves County prison cell And so tomorrow We'll lay him in the ground Where he can finally stop Tryin' not to drown