Not Forget The Words

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From 'A Matter of Time'

song is finger picked on album, can also be strummed

[Verse 1]

Believe it or not I treat it like a job

I got the tools I use I put my boots on

A lot of pride in a man who wears a hard hat

Believe it or not I treat it just like that

Everybody writes songs every day of their lives

But most don’t know what to do with the lines

Treat em like strange things in a lost and found

The difference with me is I write mine down

[Chorus]

The front side of this old guitar's seen more backsides on stools in bars

Trying to write something make em turn around

Try and make em laugh try and be profound

And all the skills that I’ve aquired qualify me for changing tires

Changing strings and watching the sun come up

As for the last I think I’ve had enough

But when it comes to this job the most important thing I’ve learned

Is how to get drunk and not forget the words

[Verse 2]

People wanna know about the girls and the road

and all the crazy things that happen after the show

somewhere, somehow this myth got around that all we ever do is party with the crowd

But if you could just picture for a second for me a movie theatre full of empty seats

And the credits roll and one guy’s picking up trash

A lot of the time it looks a lot like that

It aint romantic it’s pretty damn rough

And it’s hardest on the ones you love

Reciting poetry to a bunch of drunks

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

We sit up there and we tell jokes

Tell stories about the songs we wrote

And between we take shots, smokes and beers

Keep in mind this goes on for years

You only get good by going too far

Keep track of where in the song you are

And try to ride the line as close as you can

What I’m trying to make you understand is