[Verse]

             
Early in the m

              
orning when th

              
e sun does ris

   
e
             
Layin' in the 

             
bed with blood

           
shot eyes
             
Late in the ev

              
enin' when the

                
 sun sinks low
             
That's about t

             
ime my rooster

        
 crows

             
I got women up

              
 and down this

        
 creek
             
And they keep 

              
me going and m

                
y engine clean
             
Run me ragged 

              
but I don't fr

    
et
             
Cause there ai

              
n't been one s

             
low me down no

       
ne yet


[Chorus]

             
Get me drinkin

              
' that moonshi

    
ne
             
Get me higher 

             
than the groce

         
ry bill

Take my troubl

es to the high

wall
             
Throw'em in th

             
e river and ge

                 
t your fill

             
We been sniffi

          
n' that cocain

e
             
Ain't nothin' 

              
better when th

           
e wind cuts co

ld

Lord it's a mi

ghty hard livi

n'
             
But a damn goo

             
d feelin' to r

                
un these roads


[Verse]

             
I got people t

              
ry to tell me,

      
 Red
             
Keep this livi

              
n' and you'll 

              
wind up dead
             
Cast your trou

              
bles on the Lo

              
rd of Lord's
             
Wind up laying

             
 on a cooling 

        
board

             
But I got budd

              
ies up White H

           
ouse Road
             
And they keep 

              
me strutting w

             
hen my feet ha

         
ng low
             
Rotgut whiskey

              
 gonna ease my

       
 pain
             
'N all this ru

             
nnin's gonna k

            
eep me sane


[Chorus]

             
Get me drinkin

              
' that moonshi

    
ne
             
Get me higher 

             
than the groce

         
ry bill

Take my troubl

es to the high

wall
             
Throw'em in th

             
e river and ge

                 
t your fill

             
We been sniffi

          
n' that cocain

e
             
Ain't nothin' 

              
better when th

           
e wind cuts co

ld

Lord it's a mi

ghty hard livi

n'
             
But a damn goo

             
d feelin' to r

                
un these roads
             
But a damn goo

             
d feelin' to r

                
un these roads


[Verse]

             
When you lay m

              
e in the cold 

           
hard clay
             
Won't you sing

              
 them hymns wh

             
ile the banjo 

       
plays
             
You can tell t

              
hem ladies tha

              
t they ought n

          
ot frown
             
Cause there ai

              
n't been nothi

             
ng ever held m

        
e down
             
Lawman, women 

              
or a shallow g

    
rave
         
Same ol' blues

 just a differ

ent day


[Chorus]

             
Get me drinkin

              
' that moonshi

    
ne
             
Get me higher 

             
than the groce

         
ry bill

Take my troubl

es to the high

wall
             
Throw'em in th

             
e river and ge

                 
t your fill

             
We been sniffi

          
n' that cocain

e
             
Ain't nothin' 

              
better when th

           
e wind cuts co

ld

Lord it's a mi

ghty hard livi

n'
             
But a damn goo

             
d feelin' to r

                
un these roads
             
It's a damn go

              
od feelin' to 

             
run these road

   
s
             
It's a damn go

              
od feelin' to 

             
run these road

   
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