[Intro]
   
   

[Verse 1]
           
Mama's grippin

             
' on her hip o

              
n the fifth of

 
 May
              
In a photo dad

             
dy took on a h

     
umid day
              
In a town that

    
's anyone's gu

ess
             
Way out in wes

         
tern Kentucky
           
She's broken-h

              
earted as he's

  
 ridin' away
             
On a motorbike

         
 out to east L

.A.

To find a whit

e line

It's such a fi

ne line
             
Between broken

      
 and lucky

[Chorus]
             
Gettin' high's

  
 easy
              
Gettin' drunk 

    
is fine
              
It's the getti

           
n' by that'll 

            
get a soul dow

n
           
So if you need

 me
              
Know that I'm 

 
bleeding
           
Somewhere alon

             
e in some coas

             
tal town
             
Some coastal t

    
own


[Verse 2]
           
And I can feel

             
 when your bod

              
y ain't in thi

  
s bed
              
I can still he

             
ar you laughin

              
g last spring 

      
in my head
              
Now it's April

             
 and I hate yo

              
u and I'm head

         
ing home
           
The little not

             
es that you le

ft for me
             
In coat pocket

        
s and cabinetr

ies
           
Are in a shoeb

    
ox where we on

ce talked
             
Back when I fe

    
lt free

[Chorus]
             
Gettin' high's

  
 easy
              
Gettin' drunk 

    
is fine
              
It's the getti

           
n' by that'll 

            
get a soul dow

n
           
So if you need

 me
              
Know that I'm 

 
bleeding
           
Somewhere alon

             
e in some coas

           
tal town
             
Some coastal t

     
own

[Verse 1]
           
Mama's grippin

             
' on her hip o

              
n the fifth of

 
 May
              
In a photo dad

             
dy took on a h

     
umid day
              
In a town that

    
's anyone's gu

ess
             
Way out in wes

         
tern Kentucky

[Chorus]
             
Gettin' high's

  
 easy
              
Gettin' drunk 

    
is fine
              
It's the getti

           
n' by that'll 

            
get a soul dow

n
           
So if you need

 me
              
Know that I'm 

 
bleeding
           
Somewhere alon

             
e in some coas

          
tal town
             
Some coastal t

      
own

[Solo]
    (x8)

[Chorus]
             
Gettin' high's

  
 easy
              
Gettin' drunk 

    
is fine
              
It's the getti

           
n' by that'll 

            
get a soul dow

n
           
So if you need

 me
              
Know that I'm 

 
bleeding
           
Somewhere alon

             
e in some coas

            
tal town