So Long West Texas

G G C C G G C C G You can't say one thing about me, G That I ain't said before C Well it's been years since I've been wanted, C But I don't want that anymore G Yeah they burned down the K-mart, G And the Wall's textile plant C And I never learned to speak Spanish, C But they still call me a wet back G And my Mama drank herself to death, G But my daddy raised us right C And my brother drank himself to death, C But my daddy raised us right G We had more kids than mattresses, G And I grew up on the living room floor C Say you can't get high to folks like me, C Well what are we bleedin' for Am But the city they done went and changed the marijuana law C C Now it looks like I might get to do some livin' after all G G C C G Yeah my sister she went back to school, G They said she was too damn old C Yeah but she knows there's worse things in life C Than payin off student loans Am 'cause her husband put her in a cast, she shot him last fall C C Now it looks like she might get to do some livin' after all G G C C G G C C G They said sign right on this dotted line, G Or else you'll go to jail C So I shipped off to the service, C Yeah but I still went to jail G Hey by all accounts I'd settled down, G But I's born raisin' hell C Some soldier picked a fight with me, C Now he can't taste or smell Am Seven days inside a courtroom, told my story standin' tall C C Now it looks like I might get to do some livin' after all G G C C G G C C G N.C. I got a hotplate in my motel room, N.C. And I'm a week behind on rent N.C. But I heard the city's hiring, N.C. And they don't do background checks G Am And by buddy said his band is gonna cover one of my songs, C C Yeah it looks like I might get to do some livin' after all G G C C 4x G