Written by Jimmy Cousins
As performed on The Blue Plate Special
Intro
F Gm C C7 F
F
Don't stare straight into the sun
Gm
'cause a blind man cannot run
C C7
Oh how I might have to lose my sight
F
just to gain it back again
F
Don't drive a car when it's lightning
Gm
some folks find that it's frightening
C C7
but that's why cars got rubber tires
F
and a driver's side airbag
[chorus]
Bb C F
I believe that a fool has got more sense than the wisest sages
Bb C F
Because a fool does just what he's cut out for and never gets in no cages
Bb C F D9
My life story got wrote by the good lord and I'm just turning the pages
G C F
Striking out for a home where the road becoms the sky
F
Even if I became a reverend
Gm
I still wouldn't get to go to heaven
C C7
I can tell that I'm a-headed for hell
F
for all the things I've done
F
But it ain't nothing nice, oh
Gm
When I get an appetite
C C7
My methamphetamines, high horsepower engines
F
and walking on top of the ocean
[chorus]
F
Sell my three piece suit, ooh
Gm
Let me lose my roots
C C7
give me time to make up my mind
F
so that I can see
F
Not to stare straight into the sun
Gm
for a blind man cannot run
C C7
but it ain't nothing to lose your sight
C
if you've got your liberty
[chorus]
