good ol boy gettin tough

Steve Earle

I got a job but it ain t nearly enough
A twenty thousand dollar pickup truck
Belongs to me and the bank and some funny talkin man from Iran
I left the service and got a G.I. loan
I got married bought myself a home
Now I hang around this one horse town and do the best than I can

Gettin tough
Just my luck
I was born in the land of plenty now there ain t enough
Gettin cold
I ve been told
Nowadays it just don t pay to be a good ol boy

Been goin nowhere down a one-way track
I d kill to leave it but ain t no turnin back
Got the wife and the kids and what would everybody say
My brother s standin on a welfare line
And any minute now I might get mine
Meanwhile it s the I.R.S. and the devil to pay

I hit the beer joints every Friday night
Spend a little money lookin for a fight
It don t matter if I lose or win
Cause Monday I m back on the losin end again