Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - Never Be Fooled Again lyrics

rate me

I was young when you left home

You never bothered to write or even call us on the

Telephone

You left all your records some old shirts and a pair of

Levis

We had to sell all that to buy the car a new set of

Tires

Mama never did like those country songs you know

And when we sold those records

I remember all your favorites were the first to go

The Low Down Blues and that Blue Kentucky Moon

We used to laugh as you tried to sing along out of tune

With a High Life can always in your hand

You closed your eyes and fell asleep listening to the

Angel Band

Chorus: I always said I'd never be fooled again

And I sure don't believe much coming from the mouths of

Men

But when Hank Williams cries and bill Monroe hits those

High notes I know

In our darkest hour there's still a light shining down

Inside

I can still see that porch light shining down on you

Running out at night after a big old fight was

Something we got used to

The screen door slam and the engine running rough

Mama went back to doing the dishes and tried to call

Your bluff

But I could see the tears in her eyes,

When she tucked us in and tried to tell us everything

Was gonna be fine

Me and my sister looked out the front window at the

Highway every night

Hoping we'd see your old car come riding back into

Sight

But I've been waiting much too long for a man that

Don't know what he's got until it's gone

His head so high up in the clouds he can't feel the

Earth he's standing on

Chorus:

I go up to the lake to see you every once in a while

The days and weeks they turn into years and still leave

You so unsatisfied

You smoke your cigarettes and watch that big screen TV

I know it ain't the kind of life you thought you'd be

Living

You always got some excuse about how you let us down

When you took off driving that night and kept going

From town to town

They say a man like you has got the highway in his

Blood

But I think that's just a nice way of saying you never

Really learned how to love

When this mean old world leaves us a little far behind

You start to sing that old road song and it kinda helps

To ease my mind

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