The Real Thing-Warren Haynes

[ti:The Real Thing] [ar:Warren Haynes] [al:Live At Bonnaroo] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Real Thing - Warren Haynes [00:24.08]He wore a song around his neck [00:26.73] [00:27.30]Like some medal of honor [00:29.49] [00:32.01]He carried his wisdom like a knife [00:35.05] [00:38.16]An empty pocket was a temporary chain [00:42.24] [00:43.46]Knowing you've got it coming [00:45.73]Ain't no crime [00:48.08] [00:53.21]Every blue note that rolled off his tongue [00:57.32] [00:58.56]You could feel his soul twisting right in two [01:02.57] [01:05.14]Nobody knew where he came from [01:09.25] [01:10.17]Ah but everybody knew everybody knew [01:15.71]He was the real thing [01:18.01] [01:20.11]No doubt about it [01:22.00] [01:22.66]The kind that you remember when they're gone [01:26.25] [01:26.91]The real thing [01:28.40] [01:30.15]Put here for a reason [01:32.37] [01:32.90]We knew someday the whole world [01:37.25]Was going to know his name [01:40.28] [01:40.80]He was the real thing [01:43.20] [01:53.70]She whispered in his ear [01:56.33]And he heard the thunder [01:58.79] [01:59.67]Singing 'bout a world he never knew [02:03.17] [02:06.01]Head spinning round [02:07.49] [02:08.12]He began to wonder [02:10.09] [02:11.01]Was he made to love her [02:13.37]Or born to sing the blues [02:15.64] [02:17.95]He searched inside him for an answer [02:21.48] [02:22.89]But all he found was a troubled mind [02:26.69] [02:29.51]He left her somewhere on the blue highway [02:33.34] [02:34.05]Oh it wasn't just another love that he left behind [02:39.33]It was the real thing [02:41.74] [02:43.71]No doubt about it [02:45.76]The kind that you remember when it's gone [02:49.86] [02:50.59]The real thing [02:52.00] [02:53.72]Not like passion's fire [02:56.28]But a burning smoldering eternal flame [03:03.06] [03:04.83]And sometimes at night he longs for her whisper [03:09.10] [03:10.79]But he hides from the dawn [03:12.64] [03:13.56]'Cause he always wakes to find her gone [03:19.36] [03:42.72]In some broken down dressing room [03:45.41]In some major city [03:47.21] [03:48.46]The thunder plays an old familiar tune [03:52.34] [03:55.20]He spies a face of a distant angel [03:59.03] [04:00.04]Outside beneath the halo moon [04:04.13] [04:06.44]Finger on the trigger needle in the vein [04:10.39] [04:11.89]One more bullet [04:13.16]It might be your last ride [04:15.48] [04:17.70]This is ain't no no-show [04:19.83]This ain't no nervous breakdown [04:22.16] [04:22.72]And it sure as hell ain't the time [04:25.79]To let the fool decide [04:27.97]This is the real thing [04:30.25] [04:32.30]No doubt about it [04:34.37]Who cares if they love you and you're gone [04:38.91] [04:39.76]This is the real thing [04:41.60] [04:42.78]So you were put here for a reason [04:45.50] [04:46.07]But what gives you the right to quit when you're tired [04:51.12] [04:52.32]Anyway boy this ain't no game [04:58.74] [05:04.20]This is the real thing [05:10.93] [05:16.39]He wore a song around his neck [05:19.06] [05:19.62]Like some medal of honor [05:23.70] [05:25.18]He carried his wisdom like a knife