Hellbender

In the cold early morning, in the hills of Kentucky

I woke to the sound of the rain

And the girl from last evening laid silently sleeping

Though I couldn't remember her name

My head was a pounding

And the sweat poured around me

Like the faucet that she left on high

With a chip on my shoulder, I'm another day older

And I swear I could break down and cry

Never once made a dollar, which I didn't gamble

Or scramble to burn at both ends

I've raged all night long, in the hour before dawn

On spirits and bitters and blends

What's left of my day might be crimson or grey

But never again black and white

With a chip on my shoulder, I'm another day older

And I swear I could break down and cry

Ain't it lonesome?

I'm a fool with my money and I'm a fool with my drinking

I'm sinking to bottom of the well

Adding fuel to the fire like my wildest desire

Is to spend the next lifetime in hell

I could cruise down to Hades in a snow white Mercedes

And a devilish look in my eye

With a chip on my shoulder, I'm another day older

And I swear I could break down and cry

There's a hard place on one side and a rock on the other

No corners to cut in this maze

Only one way to do it, just to grin and bear through it

Been drinking up the courage for days

So I'll drain every cup and keep stacking them up

'Til the sun stumbles out of the sky

With a chip on my shoulder, I'm another day older

And I swear I could break down and cry

Well I'll keep on this way 'til my dying day

It's a blessing I've tried to disguise

With a chip on my shoulder, I'm another day older

And I swear I could break down and cry