All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)

All my rowdy friends have settled down

and it seems to be

more in the laid back songs.

Nobody wants to get drunk and get loud.

Everybody just wants to go back home.

I myself have seen my wilder days

and I have seen my name at the top of the page

but I need to find a friend just to run around.

But no one wants to get high on the town

and all my rowdy friends have settled down.

And I think I know what my father meant

when he sang about a lost highway

and old George Jones I'm glad to see he's finally getting straight,

and Waylon staying home

and loving Jesse more these days,

and nobody wants to get drunk and get loud

and all my rowdy friends have settled down.

and the hang overs hurt more then they used to

and corn bread and ice tea

took the place of pills and ninety-proof,

and it seems like none of us do things quite like we used to do

and nobody wants to get high on the town and all my rowdy friends have settled down.

Yeah I think I know what my father meant

when he sang about his lost highway

and Johnny Cash don't act like he did back in '68

and Kriss he is a movie star

and he's moved off to L.A.

and nobody wants to get drunk and get loud and all my rowdy friends have settled down

yeah me and my rowdy friends have rowdied on down.