Stayin' Out Late

Stayin' out late in a honky tonk bar

Findin' new ways to be untrue

Drinkin' my way through this month's rent

Seems to be the best I can do

Drunk and enraged and I'm showin' my age

I dreamt away my money and my mind

No woman to call wife, I got no home to spend my life

And no desire for either at this time

I'm showin' no signs of growin' up at any time

I keep a firm grasp upon my youth

And the subtlety of love is something I know nothing of

And I have got no concept of the truth

Stayin' out late in a honky tonk bar

Findin' new ways to be untrue

Drinkin' my way through this month's rent

Seems to be the best I can do

It's all a matter of where your going

I don't know where I'm going from here

Desperate ways seem to control my everyday

And it's hard to understand why I run

But this poet's dance is my last chance

To lay down my pen and show you how it's done

Stayin' out late in a honky tonk bar

Findin' new ways to be untrue

Drinkin' my way through this month's rent

Seems to be the best I can do

Yeah it seems to be the best I can do