It's all gone cold It's all so wrong But who am I, who am I to say? But no one wants the blame And no one wants to change There's nothing left to gain I'm gazing upward, a world I can't embrace There's only thorns and splinters, venom in my veins It's

Tell me that it's all okay (tell me that it's all okay) I've been waitin' on this all damn day (waitin' on this all damn day) Call me in the mornin', tell me how last night went I'll put you out of your misery I'm here, but don't count on me to stay That

Well, I'm out of Alabama, down to Louisiana Halfway 'bout to New Orleans Yeah, I'm leaning on my Chevy Rolling through the levees trying to get to where I wanna be That's where I reckon I can finally put myself at ease Check my life there at the border

The bartender said ya'll keep it down The party was goin' strong By the palm trees down at the tiki bar Right there in the Holidome We'd been sittin' there since happy hour Had the day off in Omaha And all those girls came in and they wanted to swim And

I'm on a greyhound bound for nowhere On a greyhound bound for nowhere And that ring your wearing Don't mean everything And the way you stood staring As you watched me roll away She loves you and you need me And there's some things we can't share Rain on

Ten years and runnin', we came up from the basement This what you all been waitin' for, ain't it? Rap game owe me, I been waitin' for the payment All these little rappers come and go, wonder where they went This what you all been waitin' for ain't it?

I used to have so many friends Me and them went different ways Some man wanna drink and party Me and them got different aims And as soon as you cut man out People say that you changed Nothing changed here Same player, different game I've had people try

Heart's are what I'm breakin' Pain is what I'm showin' Love is what I'm takin' Stay away from me I sleep, but I don't rest So, down is where I'm goin' Down is where I'm goin' Love's what I'm takin' There's a strong man lives up in Jackson hole

And we all have to walk it alone I could move to a small town And become a waitress Say my name was Stacy And I was figuring things out See, my baby, he left me And I don't feel like staying here tonight I remember sleepless nights I remember Chicago

Nine exits north of Las Vegas, Vegas But there's always a flaw in the diamond A lightning-fork crack in the pearl A fault in the rock of the island And it's usually shaped like a girl, a girl Leave us lost in the rust and the rubble Nine exits north of