Drive-By Truckers

[fox69]

"Wife Beater"

"Wife Beater"


You met him at the dance hall
You only saw his charms
You said he really swept you off your feet
Then one night he's drinking
And jealousy enraged
He knocked out two of your front teeth

So you came over to hide out at my place
I guess I should have killed him there and then
But you begged me not to
Now you say he's changed
And you're gonna go back to him

Don't give me that bull about how it's for the children
A man like that could never be a dad
What happens when he kills you?
What will they do then?
Sometimes you ought to ask yourself that

Don't go back to him he's a wife beater
You'd be better off with this potato eater
You say he's changed, don't be a fool
A man like that's no good for you
A man like that's no good for you

 

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"Women Without Whiskey"

"Women Without Whiskey"


If I make it through this year, I think I'm gonna put this bottle down
Maybe as time goes on I'll learn to miss it less than I do now
Think I'm gonna tell her that I'm gonna go away for a while
Till I can get this demon out

You know the bottle ain't to blame and I ain't trying to
It don't make you do a thing it just lets you
When I'm six feet underground, I'll need a drink or two
And I'll sure miss you

Take me piece by piece till there ain't nothing left worth taking away from me

The highway's humming in my head and it's hard to hear
Won't you read my lips if I pull you near enough
Could you read my fortune in the bottem of this coffee cup
Tell me how to tell when I've had enough

If morning's a bitch with open arms and night's a girl who's gone to far
Whiskey is harder to keep than a woman and it's half as sweet but
Women without whiskey, Women without whiskey
Whiskey is hard to beat
Whiskey is hard to beat

 

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"You And Your Crystal Meth"

"You And Your Crystal Meth"


You've become such a mess. You and your crystal meth

You lost your family and wrecked your truck, I used to love you but now you suck
We were friends, among the best; You and your crystal meth

I ain't exactly a no-drug guy, Don't dig the way that you get high
Hope your kids don't see you throwing up, Hope they ain't there if the house blows up
Hope you ain't murdered in your sleep, Up all night with that cranked out creep
You ain't eaten and you ain't slept; You and your crystal meth

Indiana and Alabama, Oklahoma and Arizona.
Texas, Florida, Ohio, Small town America, right next door
Blood soaked your pillow red; You and your crystal meth

 

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"You Got Another"

"You Got Another"


I see you're runnin', baby, out of time
I see you're runnin', babe, we're way out of line
You got another and you'll go to her
You got another and you'll go to her

Babe, it ain't funny, we've got a lot of love
And only God knows where the hell it come from
You got another and you'll go to her
You got another and you'll go to her

I see you're runnin', baby, out of time
I see you're runnin', babe, we're way out of line
You got another and you'll go to her
You got another and you'll go to her

Babe, it ain't funny, we've got a lot of love
And only God knows where the hell it comes from
You got another and you'll go to her
You got another and you'll go to her

 

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"Your Daddy Hates Me"

"Your Daddy Hates Me"


I know your Daddy hates me and I got a room in hell reserved.
I know he wants to kill me and it's the least that I deserve
But I always loved your Daddy, that's something that I know you know.
Just sometimes don't do what I ought to, sometimes I yes when I should no.

I know your Daddy hates me and I drink more than a whale
But my failures ain't for lack of trying it's just a little too late now to prevail.
You always knew I was a screw up, long before I screwed us up.
You just said it endeared you to me, but in the end you just gave up

And I always loved your Daddy, I loved your Mama even more
And I always loved their daughter, that's for sure.

I know your Daddy hates me, I know I'd probably hate me too.
But, I also know you don't hate me, even though you'd probably like to and ought to.
And it's a little too late for writing love songs, but I never did anything on time.
Happiness on your big adventure.
See you Darling down the line.

 

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"Zip City"

"Zip City"


Your Daddy was mad as hell
He was mad at me and you
When he tied that chain to the front of my car and pulled me out of that ditch that I slid into
Don't know what his problem is
Why he keeps sending me away
Don't know why I put up with his shit
When you don't put out and Zip City's so far away

Your Daddy is a deacon down at the Salem Church of Christ
And he makes good money as long as Reynolds Wrap keeps everything wrapped up tight
Your Mama's as good a wife and Mama as she can be
And your sister's puttin' that sweet stuff on everybody in town but me
Your brother was the first-born, got ten fingers and ten toes
And it's a damn good thing cause he needs all twenty to keep the closet door closed

Maybe it's the twenty-six mile drive from Zip City to Colbert Heights
Keeps my mind clean
Gets me through the night
Maybe you're just a destination, a place for me to go
A way to keep from having to deal with my seventeen-year-old mind all alone
Keep your drawers on, girl, it ain't worth the fight
By the time you drop them I'll be gone
And you'll be right where they fall the rest of your life

You say you're tired of me taking you for granted
Waiting up till the last minute to call you up and see what you want to do
Well you're only fifteen, girl, you ain't got no secretary
And "for granted" is a mighty big word for a country girl like you
I think it's just your Daddy talking
Cause he knows that blood red carpet at the Salem Church of Christ
Ain't gonna ever see no wedding between me and you

Zip City it's a good thing that they built a wall around you
Zip up to Tennessee or zip right down to Alabama
I got 350 heads on a 305 engine
I get ten miles to the gallon
I ain't got no good intentions

 

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"Zoloft"

"Zoloft"


All my family problems disappeared overnight
We're all taking Zoloft and everything is fine
My sister's teen angst just flew out the window
Mama's so happy she laughs all the time
It used to trouble gettin' along with each other
Then the family doctor gave us all these little pills
Now I can't believe how great we all feel
Mama hated daddy, I hated little brother
We're all taking Zoloft and everything is fine

All my family problems disappeared overnight
Mama's so happy she laughs all the time
My sister's teen angst just flew out the window
The birds in the trees all sing happy songs
Everyone is smiling, we're so glad to be alive
Even my ol' pitbull don't growl anymore
He just watches that ol' tail wag from side to side

All my family problems disappeared overnight
We're all taking Zoloft and everything is fine
My sister's teen angst just flew out the window
Now I used to be so unhappy doin' songs about killing
Mama's so happy she laughs all the time
Taking methadone and jacking off four or five times a day
Now I'm so happy... I'm so gaddamn happy!
Who needs an orgasm when life's so fucking great?

All my family problems disappeared overnight
Mama's so happy she cries all the time
We're all taking Zoloft and everything is fine
My sister's teen angst just flew out the window