The way his shoulders bore the world. You could see he'd loved the girl. He looked like he'd walked through hell. On a road the rest of us knew well. I said, "friend, I've worn those shoes.
You can tell that I'm a big man in this town. And I'm the king of every street that I walk down. It ain't much to brag about, but it's all mine. From main street to the city limits sign..
Raeleen wheeler was the first girl I loved. Through the last year of high school, we were thicker than blood. Holed up in Mississippi, and starvin' for fun.
Old 45's can kill you. Like a bullet to the brain. Her memory spins 'round and 'round. It can drive a man insane. When the needle drops,... I can't stop.
Well, you've called my kinfolk trash all their lives. And I'm a chip off the heap, ask any one of my ex-wives. I'm a social drinker, and I stay social all I can.
A pine-log shack a mile off the state road. Daddy took odd jobs, momma raised us three. Times were mean, and our home was a haven. It was all we had, in Coldwater Tennessee.
I think today's gonna be the day, all my luck's gonna turn. I think the boss'll take what I'm worth, and turn it into what I earn. I'm thinkin' if I keep my chin held high, I can stop my hopes from sinkin'.