Blow You Away Lyrics - Singles - Robert Earl Keen

You take off from work a bit early 

The boss doesn't care if you stay 

The guard with the key has to check your ID 

But he'd just as soon blow you away 

The cops have stopped ten miles of traffic 

They're sorry for all the delay 

No need for alarm as they're waving their arms 

But they'd just as soon blow you away 

Two pretty blonds in a Porsche 

Their bumper says "We Love LA" 

They look pretty fair but they're crazy out there 

And they'd just as soon blow you away 

You got in some trouble in high school 

But you feel like a new man today 

You keep to yourself because anyone else 

Would just as soon blow you away 

You're standin' in front of the teller 

She's countin' out all of your pay 

There's twenties and ones and there's guards with their guns 

And they'd just as soon blow you away 

And one old ex-con at the station 

Fixes flats in the back of the bay 

He winks and he jokes and he borrows a smoke 

But he'd just as soon blow you away 

You like the new girl at the hotel 

She drops your room key in the tray 

No words will pass through the bullet-proof glass 

'Cause she'd just as soon blow you away 

You climb up the stairs every evening 

To your room right above the café 

There isn't much mystique buy you pay every week 

'Cause they'd just as soon blow you away 

And you turn out the light that you read by 

You pray that you're one of the few 

When you're in with the lord there's just one reward 

And they'd just as soon make it come true 

The mattress is mildewed and lumpy 

But you fall fast asleep where you lay 

Under the lump is a twenty gauge pump 

'Cause they'd just as soon blow you away