Hollowpoint Blues

(album: Shovels & Rope - 2008)

Drink me a bottle of nighttrain
I'mma drink me a bottle of nightrain
I'mma drink me a bottle of nightrain
Drink so much on the bottle I forget his name

He got hollow point teeth and a rhythm when he walk
Hollow point teeth and a rhythm when he walk
Hollow point teeth and a rhythm when he walk
Lord knows I love to make em but I can't understand him when he talk

You gotta find somebody that'll take a little mercy on you

Told my secret to a junky whore
Told my secret to a junky whore
Told my secret to a junky whore
She looked at me pitiful, said I been down that road before

Well I won't let nobody tell me what I do
Won't let nobody tell me what I do
Won't let nobody tell me what I do
And I believe in my pistol more than I believe in you

You better find somebody that'll take a little mercy on you

When I find that man I'mma shake him to the ground
Find that man I'mma shake him to the ground
Find that man I'mma shake em, shake em, shake em down
All around for round for round and pound for pound

You better find somebody that'll take a little mercy on you
You better find somebody that'll take a little mercy on you
You better find somebody that'll take a little mercy on you
Won't be me, won't be me, won't be me