I'm a Mess-Rodney Crowell

[ti:I'm a Mess] [ar:Rodney Crowell] [al:Kin (Songs By Mary Karr Rodney Crowell)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I'm a Mess - Rodney Crowell [00:16.33]Once in a while I can feel [00:18.78]The whole world spinning [00:20.96] [00:23.37]My hair twist in the wind [00:25.76]I can't find the brake [00:27.62]The clock on the [00:28.44]Dashboard is coiled like a snake [00:31.52]There's years flying by me [00:33.40]And a wide open cliff [00:35.32]On wheels made of lightning [00:37.25]Just barely a blip [00:38.89]If there's room at the [00:40.20]Top for a loser look out [00:43.16]The radio's blasting [00:44.82]A mean twist and shout [00:46.90]I'm a mess at times like these [00:53.28]A man should take a [00:54.35]Blind-fold and smoke [00:58.66]Take a walk take a drive [01:00.47]Take a kneel take a dive [01:02.40]Take a month take a year [01:04.34]Take a hike disappear [01:06.35] [01:07.16]Take it on faith [01:08.95]Whatever you get [01:10.77]You just close your eyes [01:12.80]It won't hurt a bit [01:14.71]The firing squad's gathered [01:16.88]The Captain grins [01:18.48]All the change in my pocket [01:20.62]Won't pay for my sins [01:22.35]I'm a mess when I woke up [01:36.33]They'd strapped me in an MRI [01:42.32]Black dye in my veins [01:44.58]Head Velcro-ed down [01:46.50]Foam happy slippers [01:47.95]And a blue paper grown [01:50.04]The banging went on [01:51.95]For an hour or more [01:53.96]Then they slipped me [01:55.26]Out like a boat onto shore [01:57.67]The technician with coffee [01:59.79]Was sporting a smile [02:01.57]That said God gave me [02:03.05]Wisdom but the devil's got style [02:05.45]I'm a mess nothing less [02:13.18]I confess I'm a mess [02:48.65]Now I live in NY [02:50.59]The Babylon of neon fire [02:56.35]The rats on the third [02:57.79]Rail is smoking like char [03:00.18]The thunder storm hits [03:02.00]And I flag down a car [03:03.82]On the screen in Times Square [03:06.20]I look like a wreck [03:08.03]And we lunge out of traffic [03:09.97]Tricking down through the spec [03:11.97]The hooded girl turns [03:13.57]And says "Look at who's alive" [03:15.46]I say "Boy you can't scare me [03:17.70]Just shut up and drive" [03:19.30]I'm a mess oh god yes [03:27.19]I confess I'm a mess I'm a mess