That Same Old Ballad

Draft 1 The devil’s been blamed for a lot he had nothing to do with He was minding his business when she shot you five times Get too mean when you drink all that whiskey Swinging your belt around saying god gave you the right It’s about what you can and what you can’t do Straight as an arrow your future flies Man’s only as good as his last year You said that so why are you surprised You used to be great people used to want to hear Well time is mean and leads to mean ways But you get what you give and sometimes that’s an early grave I guess life only gives half of what it takes Chorus All this preaching to hungry ears and eyes When she knew the monster that lived inside All these years who was looking over her Only salvation was your 45 Chorus Luck don’t live around here no more