Beware the man with everything and the man with nothing too
They wear the same kind of pain and they’ll try to put it on you
When you’re swimming in the rain and headed for the drain
And a childs prayer sounds like a curse
Just know things could get much worse,
Things could get much worse
oh you know they could
Chris Columbus he gave me silver on my birthday the other day
As it turns out, it was stolen so the law hauled me away
Now I’m stuck in a hole doing life without parole
And the only way out is a hearse
Ah but things could get much worse,
Things could get much worse
oh you know they could
I’ve got a woman, she winds me up then she steals my photograph
She can’t disown me cause I’m not hers. I can’t loan her what I don’t have
So it’s both of us to blame for a love with no brain
Like a mountain full of fire about to burst
Yeah but things could get much worse,
Things could get much worse
oh you know they could
Elon Musk, ya know he votes. He’s got a sticker, he shows it off
He hopes we’ll have the first robot president that plays golf
He’s got rockets don’t ya know, and they’re loaded up to go
Just in time to evacuate the earth
Yeah things could get much worse,
Things could get much worse
oh you know they could
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The best I've heard from Steve Earle in a while. The songs have a subtler, earthier tone, tastefully rendered in authentic sounding country/blues/bluegrass stylings. 'J.T' reminds of earlier records like 'Feel Alright' or 'Train a Comin'.
Deep grief, love and compassion is felt on the final track, the only composition from Steve, seemingly written for his son. The rest, composed by JT, do confirm what a great songwriter he really was. tideracer