Rob's Blues

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