It ain't easy puttin' up with
A road dog with a cup with
A little Jack in it
You talk about the backseat
I don't know don't ask me
How she sat in it
She carried my burdens and
paid my bail
Put a Tennessee breeze in my
Carolina sail
And set me free
I don't pray much anymore
For this old troubadour's
Happiness wishes
Wants and needs
End of my ropes
Hopes and dreams
Spend my livin'
givin' thanks
For the ships I never sank
Every big every little
In the every day things
The notes and the words
And the songs I sing
To the ones doin' life with me
Coulda easily said goodbye to
This runaway train you're
tied to
I know I don't get it
Baby how you roll with it
The fists and the fights and the
scars of the battle
The ups and the downs of the
judge's gavel
How'd you wind up
in my unravel
I don't pray much anymore
For this old troubadour's
Happiness wishes
Wants and needs
End of my ropes
Hopes and dreams
Spend my livin'
givin' thanks
For the ships I never sank
Every big every little
in the every day things
The notes and the words
And the songs I sing
To the ones doin' life with me
A-hee
You're my faith in the grace
Every sunrise brings
Set me free
Ee
I don't pray much anymore
For this old troubadour's
Happiness wishes
Wants and needs
End of my ropes
Hopes and dreams
Spend my livin'
givin' thanks
For the ships I never sank
You're my faith in the grace
every sunrise brings
Every big every little
in the every day things
The notes and the words
And the songs I sing
To the ones doin' life with me