He said I was fifteen when I first tasted lightening From a batch my daddy made his self. I stole a jug for me and the neighbor’s daughter I wanted her more than I feared daddy’s belt And when the buzzin took the place of the burning Well that drunk kiss she gave me made me burn more than I ever burned before And it was just enough, just enough, yeah, just enough To want some more.
And like a drop of water to a thirsty man Like a postcard picture of the promise land A piece of penny candy from an old dime store And it was just enough, just enough, yeah, just enough To want some more.
Then he said
And I was up for anything when I was younger, I raised more hell than the devil did himself. But the good Lord musta knew I needed an angel ‘cause I was on my way to an early grave or jail.
She was a breath of spring in long green cotton dress And she looked my way when I didn’t know what I was looking for And it was just enough, just enough, yeah, just enough to want me some more.
Like a sip of whiskey to a drinking man Like a sprinkle of rain on the desert sand A little ray of daylight on the jail house floor And it was just enough, just enough, yeah, just enough to want me some more.
Then he said
Now I’m old and crippled, and some say, wiser I can’t believe how fast the years they fly And the one thing that I've learned in all my years of living Is that you, you never lived enough when you die.
And like a drop of water to a thirsty man Like a postcard picture of the promise land A piece of penny candy from an old dime store And it was just enough, just enough, yeah, just enough It was just enough, just enough, yeah, just enough It was just enough, just enough, yeah, just enough To want me some more.Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
