Never Be Fooled Again-Zoe Muth

I was young when you left home You never bothered to write or even call us on the telephone You left all your records some old shirts and a pair of Levis We had to sell all that to buy the car a new set of tires Mama never did like those country songs you know And when we sold those records I remember all your favorites were the first to go The Low Down Blues and that Blue Kentucky Moon We used to laugh as you tried to sing along out of tune With a High Life can always in your hand You closed your eyes and fell asleep listening to the Angel Band I always said I'd never be fooled again And I sure don't believe much coming from the mouths of men But when Hank Williams cries and bill Monroe hits those high notes I know In our darkest hour there's still a light shining down inside I can still see that porch light shining down on you Running out at night after a big old fight was something we got used to The screen door slam and the engine running rough Mama went back to doing the dishes and tried to call your bluff But I could see the tears in her eyes, When she tucked us in and tried to tell us everything was gonna be fine Me and my sister looked out the front window at the highway every night Hoping we'd see your old car come riding back into sight But I've been waiting much too long for a man that don't know what he's got until it's gone His head so high up in the clouds he can't feel the earth he's standing on I go up to the lake to see you every once in a while The days and weeks they turn into years and still leave you so unsatisfied You smoke your cigarettes and watch that big screen TV I know it ain't the kind of life you thought you'd be living You always got some excuse about how you let us down When you took off driving that night and kept going from town to town They say a man like you has got the highway in his blood But I think that's just a nice way of saying you never really learned how to love When this mean old world leaves us a little far behind You start to sing that old road song and it kinda helps to ease my mind