Undone Lyrics - Robert Earl Keen

Fire one up and you toss one down 

Everybody knows you been downtown 

Been downtown late last night 

Busted your head in a barroom fight 

Fightin' with your brother fightin' with your wife 

Seems you been fightin' every day of your life 

Can't stand still, still can't run 

You put it all together but it came undone 

Your soul is junk, your brain is dust 

All your memories are eaten up with rust 

Your nightmares real, dreams too stark 

You love the night but you hate the dark 

Your mother your daddy little sister too 

Told you a secret they were countin' on you 

You were dying to tell but your dad said son 

Button your lip but it come undone 

So they turned you out when you turned them in 

They told you don't come back again 

Now the years stack up like old beer cans 

Dead end jobs payment plans 

Broke down trucks welfare checks 

Child support and back-seat sex 

You'd kill yourself but you hocked your gun 

You built a noose but it come undone 

So you're livin' in a shack bu you wanna be rich 

And you would if it wasn't for the son of a bitch 

The son of a bitch the dirty old whore 

The butcher the baker the grocery store 

You hate them they hate you 

What in the world are you gonna do 

It ain't your fault but they need someone 

To blame it on when they come undone