If It Don't Bleed
James McMurtry
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Looking back down the road from a little ways out I never had a fear and I never had a doubt If I'd had a lick of sense I'd have figured that out pretty fast But I wasn't any smarter than the average kid Somebody might have noticed but I never did I never saw the future fading right into the past Talking to the wallpaper Wandering the halls I burned a lot of bridges and I dropped a lot of balls It's a wonder I can ever go back to any place I've been But I wouldn't get down on my knees on a bet I'm near enough to Jesus as I ever want to get Seeking salvation isn't part of my general plan Save your prayers for yourself I raise my glass to your health I don't mind if you don't look like me I can share my bread and wine I come from another time It don't matter all that much if it don't bleed If it don't bleed Now it's all I can do just to get out of bed There's more in the mirror than there is up ahead I smile and I nod like I heard what you said every time So run another rack Pour another shot You don't get it back so give it all you got While you still got a more or less functional body and mind Save your prayers for yourself I raise my glass to your health I don't mind if you don't look like me I can share my bread and wine I come from another time And it don't matter all that much if it don't bleed If it don't bleed I learned to answer my calls and open my mail I paid my taxes and I stayed out of jail You stay in the game when you're too broke to fail That's a fact Talking to the wallpaper Sleeping in the hall Bones get brittle so you better not fall You slow to a crawl Time gets to balling the jack Run you right off the track Save your prayers for yourself I raise my glass to your health I don't mind if you don't talk like me I can share my bread and wine I come from another time It don't matter all that much if it don't bleed If it don't bleed If it don't bleed If it don't bleed If it don't bleed
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