For Boosin'

(album: This Is America - 2013)

He walked up to the bar
Ordered up a hard shot like always
He's played every honkytonk
Could sing any song you want on Broadway

And all the locals said he should've had a chance
But he took to the bottle
The bottle took his hand

He could've been a celebrity
He almost was in '83
But the music kept changing
And the bottle kept hanging on

It's sad he didn't make it
Kind of bad ain't it
He never dreamed of losing
Oh, but he couldn't win for boosing

If he had won where would he be
Probably not out on the streets
Singing on Broadway
Guitar fills his hands
But he's a very empty man

He choked the wrong way
Though all the locals said
He could've had a chance
Now he watches passers by that could've been his fans

He walked up to the bar
He ordered up a hard shot like always