Kentucky Blues

No one likes a weak man Some girls like a mean man As long as you show that green hand When the money's running low You can't do no leaning Your vows have no meaning You better stand up straight before it's too late And she gets to leaving She's headed to Kentucky And I'm staying behind Going to drink that Bourbon whiskey boys Until my eyes go blind My Father used the belt to teach us My Mother used her tears My grandfather hardly spoke As he sank into his beers I thought we were going to build a life together Turns out she had something else in mind She's headed to Kentucky And I'm staying behind Going to drink that Bourbon whiskey boys Until my eyes go blind My daughter doesn't even know my name But she still remembers my face I gave her a goodbye kiss on the morning she was born And just vanished without a trace There's ghost and there's spirits when you walk the wicked path But there's beautiful moments that feed you forever Beautiful moments that always last She's headed to Kentucky And I'm staying behind Going to drink that Bourbon whiskey boys Until my eyes go blind