I got whiskey on my brain
Just enough to ease my pain
It don't take a lot these days
For what I'm getting on
I sit at home with a cigarette
Wondering how I ain't dead yet
I've done some things that I regret
But I can't take them back
I've been hooked on cocaine
And I've shot that stuff straight up my veins
Damn near drove me insane
But now I'm coming down
And I want to thank you for the pain
'Cause without it, Lord, I'd never be the same
We're only here for just a little while
Gotta set my demons aside
And find a new way to get high
I got a woman that never smiles
I used to think it's my fault
But then I realized I would've left
If it weren't for the child
I love that little girl
Look at my woman and all I see
Is a year and a pen and some lawyer fees
I can't forgive what she's done to me
Lord, I need to move on
I got a brother that never calls
When I was locked up, he hardly helped me at all
Now they say he's hooked on alcohol
And they point their fingers at me
And I want to thank you for the pain
'Cause without it, Lord, I'd never be the same
We're only here for just a little while
I gotta set my demons aside
And find a new way to get high
I never dreamed it'd turn out this way
I was a football hero back in the day
I wonder what my daddy would say, God rest his soul
I never meant to let mama down
I know she thinks that I run a name in the ground
But I ain't hurt nobody around, man I just hurt me
When all of this is said and done
I hope you see that I am the one
That done this to my daddy's son
Point your fingers at me
And I want to thank you for the pain
'Cause without it, Lord, I'd never be the same
We're only here for just a little while
And set my demons aside
And find a new way to get high