Kentucky

Dew drops dripping off the living room walls The neighbor thinks he's a know it all again The trucks paid off in a month or two Can't go out because the bills are due this week Farms being torn down houses for sale Grandma's crying because mom's in jail for pills But I don't want to live the life Everyone tells me I have to Times get hard and seasons change After 21 winters I think it's time to leave I've been here all my life It's where my family lives and dies The grass ain't as blue as it once seemed to me Rolling hills and beautiful skies make it hard to say goodbye But things ain't like they were back in 83 I was born to be a string duster Pack my bags and leave this holler You can call me the breeze Forget me when I leave Leave Kentucky alive Surviving through this life I live I wonder if things will ever be okay The things I've seen at the age of ten Will be with be when I take them to my grave As drugs take over once peaceful streets The kids are being left to raise themselves I've had one foot in their shoes But that's made me the man I am today And as I stand here and watch it burn I see everything this road has put me through I've been here all my life It's where my family lives and dies The grass ain't as blue as it once seemed to me Rolling hills and beautiful skies make it hard to say goodbye But things ain't like they were In 1973 I was born to be a string duster Pack my bags and leave this holler You can call me the breeze Forget me when I leave Leave Kentucky alive Leave Kentucky alive