Far away like a radio All broke down, comin' in low Red lights flash, static and snow I was ridin' shotgun with the driver The lovers and the rounders Come along with me to L.A. Me and my bride On a Greyhound back

Boy, boy, boy, boy, boy Boy, you know I get to tripping, boy, boy When your mouth about that shooting You find out that we been shooting all along You get caught without that Ruger We put hot shit through you then we gone Boy, don't let me catch you

But just put those colors on, girl Come and paint the world with me tonight Come and play along with me tonight Trust me, I know life is scary You gotta learn to let go, put the past behind you Trust me, I know, the ghosts will try to find you I used to

With no particular place to go Riding along in my automobile Crusin' and playin' the radio My baby beside me at the wheel I stole a kiss at the turn of a mile My curiosity runnin' wild I was anxious to tell her the way I feel So I told her softly and

Lady Pearl in jail lady Pearl in jail Mama love I'm on my way don't you cry You'll rise You'll fight Went along the mountain side I'll make it just in time A letter from her mother now dying in her bed Get on home quickly with the medicine No money in

Bad boys running wild Out in the streets Out in the night If you don't play along with their games And you better get out of their way The dogs are on the run The cats are all in heat Spiders all around you Spinning webs and make you pray

Sometimes I think Good as we are at gettin' it on How come we just can't get along? The way we love, it don't seem right The way we fuss, the way we fight I got a crazy idea, how 'bout maybe tonight We make up without a fight There's a tangled mess of

You can't mix angels and alcohol You can't blend whiskey with a good woman's love You can't change lonely with a bottle of wine I don't think God meant for them to get along When it takes control, you can't love no one at all They don't go together,

Keep playing them songs, keep singing along Keep leaning it on in closer Keep salting the rim, getting even with her That first kiss was like a Colorado hit 'Til we can't remember Can't remember what we came here to forget And with him before the night

And I will try Try to hold you Even though love is going to kill me With my arms around your heart They came along and washed my soul so easy High above myself, but I could hear them anyway The wind is taking them away so feathery To show them all the