dying young

from better days are coming by Matt Hudgins

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lyrics

well somewhere west of nashville on highway 24
headed to the walker county line to make a score
those blue lights started flashing, pushed the pedal to the floor
and the devil had to hear those engines roar

and I swear they would have caught me if I'd stayed on that old road
but I lost control and lost count of how many times I rolled
they found it belly up, four tires spinning at the stars
but they never found the driver of that brand-new stolen car, no

and that's not the worst example of my wild younger days
I made my life a whiskey bender and a smokey haze
the only things I done right was run around and sin
always thinking death was just around the bend

now I'm pushing thirty with a job that pays my bills
and I just go fishing, maybe drink a beer for thrills
you can try it with a needle, in your car or with the drink
but dying young is harder than you'd think

I guess I met a girl that you might say was meant for me
got married and we settled just this side of tennessee
had two good years before she said we're gonna have a son
how could I know the best was yet to come?

now I'm pushing forty with a wife and two kids
should have put some money on how long I would live
you can try it with a needle, in your car or with the drink
but dying young is harder than you'd think

from looking at my life now you might think I'd had a plan
but I never thought I'd ever be this man

my true love and I, we get out when we can
we can't move too quickly but we do it holding hands
you can try it with a needle, in your car or with the drink
but dying young is harder than you think

credits

from better days are coming, released November 6, 2012
written and performed by matt hudgins

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about

Matt Hudgins Marietta, Georgia

Visionary genius luminary mastermind of the Shit-Hot Country Band, The Sky Children, Tetchy Seisakujo, Hopalong Hudge and his Buckskin Buddies; co-owner of Superfluous Umlaut Records and New Songs of the Old West Publishing.