Pathol O.G.

You know I've been writing songs and singing them

For nigh on 30 years

I like it

I love it

It started out as a way for me to communicate

With other people

And myself

And the spirits

I don't wanna say that it saved my life

But it gave me a life

So I took my show on the road

And I made some good friends that I still have today

And I talked to the girls that smiled at me

But in the end, I realized it's probably best just to let them be

I remember one girl in East Tennessee

Where girls in songs always seem to be

She said, "You should spend the night

Looking for a hotel"

It's important to not

Treat your lifeboat like a yacht

It's important to not

Treat your lifeboat like a yacht

As time wore on, I found myself

Increasingly turning to my guitar

Instead of other people

In times of loneliness (loneliness)

And sorrow (sorrow)

And confusion (confusion)

Which is the exact opposite reason

Of why I got into this in the first place

I started to wonder

Is this creativity or pathology?

Am I the Pathol O.G.?

Always one foot on the ladder to Heaven?

Jacob's ladder!

Jacob's ladder!

Jacob's ladder never seemed so tall

Sometimes I wonder

"Does it ever stop growing at all?"

Friend would call, say

"Hey, let's get together at seven"

I'd say, "Sorry, pal

I got one foot on the ladder to Heaven!"

Jacob's ladder!

Jacob's ladder!

Jacob's ladder never seemed so tall

Sometimes I wonder

"Does it ever stop growing at all?"

It's important to not

Treat your lifeboat like a yacht

It's important to not

Turn your lifeboat into a yacht

Sometimes you've got