Hayes Carll - I got a gig

^AEight line machine and a sailor's daughter ^ASomethin' makes 'em crazy growin' up on the water ^APlayin' for my supper six nights a week ^AHurricanes, Easter and New Years Eve ^DFour tin walls now there ain't much left ^ALookin' like a homeless Cheers on meth ^DHomer's in the corner, breakin' up a fight ^AGood Lord, I hope I get paid tonight, I got a gig, baby

^ABurnt fried chicken and Lone Star beer ^ACops and the kids drink free 'round here ^AGirl behind the bar is takin' what she's givin' ^ALyin' ‘bout her past and tryin' to make a livin' ^DBroke pool table and some hard luck cues ^AGo tell your mama, I done paid my dues ^DEveryone 'round here knows my name ^ASix nights a week in the Neon Flame, I got a gig, baby

^AThere's an old lion tamer parked behind the bar ^AA hundred pounds of weed in a stolen car ^AOil patch boys and girls who went to college ^ARules you don't break and laws that ain't knowledge ^DBarefoot shrimper with a pistol up his sleeve ^ASome will go to heaven, some will never leave ^DPills in the tip jar, blood on the strings ^ALord, I never thought I'd see these things, I got a gig, baby

^AEight line machine and a sailor's daughter ^ASomethin' makes 'em crazy growin' up on the water ^APlayin' for my supper six nights a week ^AHurricanes, Easter and New Years Eve ^AI got a gig, baby ^AI got a gig, baby