I look in the mirror sometimes and about how it all started Small town Alabama, city life we departed Not a single light in the street, morning was scary and To a little boy the bus to school 5:30 sharp I used to make up songs to my mind from wandering What was in the woods for me, my stomach still rumbling From the cereal Even though mama was trying to do the best she could Alcohol made her Her was a prick, probably 26 Barely looked my and really didn't do shit My animosity grew along my anger And impatience school My teachers knew I was trouble And I did too, but I like it Maybe I had to accept I'd always be uninvited to church events, and family oriented stuff But I never I had it rough I embraced it, honestly, 'cause I how different I was It made me a rebel and made me feel welcomed and loved I never knew my daddy but, they said that I was the same and what a shame, get your umbrella Here comes the heavy
I'm the lighting to your storm Dark bloodstains after a The tornado to your Your hangover a long night I'm the outta your barn That one mistake you ever did The to your drum I'm son The son of a gun Son of a gun Son of a gun Son of a gun
If life is but a I'm up the in a paddle boat Streams of snakes, demons, not even a ladder goes Up high and the Mississippi to see the ocean So I go floatin', yeah But I made it a habit 19 and tattooed, hell-raised in the neighborhood was the place and I made it home the favorites Quarter of that seeded Mexican trash slinging nickles Make enough and then it even, just do it for tickles Nashville's under icicles, the penatratin' Ecstasy-hungry, as an experimentation No more chocolate-chip cookies, and porcelain Morbid and are my role models, and old-school cars and I'm lovin' it I'm basking in of it Backstrokin' in sinnin' ways, a dagger to I never knew my but, They said that I was the and what a shame Here come the in the heavy rain
Cause I'm the lighting to storm Dark bloodstains after a The to your alarm Your after a long night I'm the snake outta barn That one mistake you ever did The gunpowder to drum I'm son The son of a gun Son of a gun Son of a gun Son of a gun
And you can tell that I still don't give a Still drinking whiskey I'm half-a-bottle down man, Criminals all around Seventy-thousand a night isn't good, look a story usin' my war as my shield The truth, examined and The real: Plenty of children fill up the pit in the buildin' Usin' the mind for the feelin', it's just like poppin' a And I'm it in at makin' a win Thanks for the poems you inspired, I'm rakin' it in Never you say "give me five," so make it a ten Think the chances I'm ballin', at the bastard of him When I went to for the first time, I thought about you Son of a bitch, I admit it, I guess the rumours are 'Cause when I look in the mirror, I see from what I Trial by fire, pain, heavy
I'm the lighting to your storm Dark after a dogfight The tornado to your Your after a long night I'm the outta your barn one mistake you ever did right The to your drum I'm son The son of a gun Son of a gun Son of a gun Son of a gun