Back To The Wall-Steve Earle

[ti:Back To The Wall] [ar:Steve Earle] [al:Copperhead Road] [by:] [offset:0] [00:37.68]Well sometimes in the evenings I start to get that feeling [00:41.13]Like I'm empty inside [00:43.19] [00:45.63]I know I'm doin good now but tonight I'm headed downtown [00:48.81]Down by the riverside [00:51.76] [00:53.26]I sit underneath the freeway with an old friend from the old days [00:57.33]And a bottle of wine [00:59.01] [01:01.57]Well he used to call me big time and he knew someday that Id shine [01:05.69]Said hed seen all the signs [01:08.06]He said [01:08.94]Keep yourself to yourself [01:10.24] [01:12.24]Keep your bedroll dry [01:14.55] [01:15.99]And boy you never can tell [01:18.17] [01:20.04]What the shadows hide [01:22.73] [01:24.10]Keep ene eve on the ground [01:26.10] [01:27.97]Pick up whatever you find [01:30.05] [01:31.92]Cause youve got no place to fall [01:34.21] [01:36.33]When your backs to the wall [01:38.26] [01:52.89]Hes gettin old and its showin when I asked him how its goin [01:57.13]He said I've seen better I guess [01:58.81] [02:00.81]I've been rained on I've been frozen but this heres the life I've chosen [02:04.55]If it just wasnt for the loneliness [02:07.36] [02:08.73]Now this river suits me to a t but if you're trying to raise a family [02:12.73]It ain't no place to be [02:14.79] [02:16.60]Theres a kid down by the dump there ought to be in grade school somewhere [02:20.65]Now he hangs out with me [02:23.03]And I told him [02:24.41]Keep yourself to yourself [02:25.47] [02:27.54]Keep your bedroll dry [02:29.96] [02:31.40]And boy you never can tell [02:33.09] [02:35.33]What the shadows hide [02:37.95] [02:39.48]Keep ene eve on the ground [02:41.10] [02:43.22]Pick up whatever you find [02:45.25] [02:47.12]Cause youve got no place to fall [02:49.31] [02:51.35]When your backs to the wall [02:52.96] [03:54.69]Well we finished off the bottle and I told him joe I think I ought to [03:58.82]Be headed uptown [03:59.94] [04:02.56]Well it was late and Id been drinkin drivin home I got to thinkin [04:06.36]Bout whats been going down [04:08.62] [04:10.30]Cause theyre nervous down on wall street but theyre trying to keep it upbeat [04:14.29]Or maybe they just don't care [04:16.41] [04:18.16]But down at the river eyes are burnin cause they feel the tables turnin [04:21.56]So if you wind up down there