Run Again

(album: Allowed To Be Loud - 2011)

I'm on my tailgate
Watching as the sunsets
A gambling man
Now I'm down to my last bet
Reflectin on the past
And thinkin what the future holds
Bottle in my lap
Realizin I'm a sad soul
I'm rock-bottom underwater
Take my last breath
Feeling like a pitbull
With just a couple fights left
A wounded buck with an arrow in my rib cage
Story of a sad cowboy
I'm going to turn the page
And take it back
To the simple days of childhood
Cuttin grass shucking corn
Chop a little firewood
Playing football in the yard
Like little boys do
Grab a 22
Hit the woods and kill a squirrel or two
But someone hit fast-forward
And all that fun is gone
Now I'm down to my last drop
With just a sad song
I'm feeling like an old hound
Trapped in a pen
And I'm all all I want to do
Is get out and start to run again

I want to run again
Oh yeah
I want to run run again
Oh Lord, let me run again

They took away my water dish
I got no food
Guess I guess that's why am here
Singing country blues
They beat me down
They rode me till my last buck
Dirt on my back
And I don't need your hands to get up
I'm gonna stay
And lay on the riverbank
And find the strength inside of me
To refuel my tank
And when I'm ready
I'll pack it up and ride again
I'm sick and tired
Of feeling trapped in a dog pen
I dust my jeans off
Wipe the tears from my eyes
I crank the truck
As I take another lonely ride
Dirt road I watch my past in the rearview
I hate to talk when there ain't nobody hearing you
But I can do it on my own
I can be alone
And maybe one day
One of y'all might feel the song
I've taken punches
Plenty of them to the chin
But I swear to God
One day I'm gonna run again

I want to run again
Oh yeah
I want to run run again
Oh Lord, let me run again