Better Days

Uncle Cracker

85 miles out of Nashville, thinkin' bout the way things change


Try an keep it by the reigns


I'm a lone drifter, big money flipper


Take anything you got on the rocks in a snifter


I missed her in Kentucky, went down to Louisiana


I never had no lovin' like I had in Alabama


A man of my word ain't out to hurt nobody


I'm jus a m c to keep the boogie in the party


Been singin' lodi dodi since 84 and


I'll be singin' lodi dodi 'til I'm 84


I couldn't ask for more, life's been sweet


So you can save the planet, I'll save your seat





BRIDGE





I been gone for weeks, I ain't slept in days


I can't find myself in this self made maze


It's been so long since I've been fine


I'm just tryin' to see the bottom of this bottle of wine





CHORUS





And I know I'll see better days


Well I know you'll see things my way





I never thought about change until


Spend a little time where time stood still


Been lookin' for a mill but I keep comin' up shy


I been a broke fool, I ain't tryin' to be that guy


Wanna ride like lightning, roll like thunder


I'm tryin' to get some money, I ain't getting any younger


At times I wonder, at times I won't


Sometimes I give a fuck but most times I don't


…even care, through stained glass windows these eyes stare


I try to stay straight but it's kickin' my ass


Every time I look ahead I get a glimpse of the past


I sit half mass like a soldier's flag


That's why my left leg limps and my Dickies sag


It's been so long since I've been fine


I'm just tryin' to see the bottom of this bottle of wine





REPEAT CHORUS





Well I been all around this crooked land


I come across all walks, I shook Jim Beam's hand


I got no plans and no place to go


It keeps getting harder to just say no


I see the people laugh and people cry


That's how some live and that's how some die


Well me myself I'm gonna sit right here


And I'm a watch this world break down in tears


All my fears and dark g