Testo Back To The Wall - Steve Earle
Testo della canzone Back To The Wall (Steve Earle), tratta dall'album Copperhead Road
Sometimes in the evenings I start to get that feeling like I'm empty inside
I know I'm doin' good now but tonight I'm headed downtown down by the riverside
I sit underneath the freeway with an old friend from the old days and a bottle of wine
He used to call me "Big Time", and he knew someday that I'd shine said he'd seen all the signs
He said "Keep yourself to yourself
I keep your bedroll dry
And boy you never can tell
What the shadows hide
I Keep one eye on the ground
Pick up whatever you find
'Cause you've got no place to fall
When your back's to the wall"
He's gettin' old and it's showin', so I asked him how it's goin'
He said "I've been better I guess
I've been rained on, I've been frozen, but this here's the life I've chosen
If it just wasn't for the loneliness"
Now this river suits me to a T. but if you're trying to raise a family
It ain't no place to be
There's a kid down by the dump there, ought to be in grade school somewhere
Now he hangs out with me
And I told him "Keep yourself to yourself
I keep your bedroll dry
And boy you never can tell
What the shadows hide
I keep one eye on the ground
Pick up whatever you find
'Cause you've got no place to fall
When your back's to the wall"
Well we finished off the bottle and I told him, "Joe I think I ought to be headed uptown"
It was late, and I'd been drinkin', drivin' home I got to thinkin' 'bout what's been going down
'Cause they're nervous down on Wall Street, but they're trying to keep it upbeat
Or maybe they just don't care
Down at the river eyes are burnin', they feel the tables turnin'
So if you wind up down there
Just keep yourself to yourself
I keep your bedroll dry
And boy you never can tell
What the shadows hide
I Keep one eye on the ground
Pick up whatever you find
'Cause you've got no place to fall
When your back's to the wall"
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Writer(s): Steve Earle
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