Early in the morning when the sun does rise

Laying in the bed with blood shot eyes

Late in the evening when the sun sinks lowThat′s about time my rooster crows

I've got women up and down this creek

Way to keep me going and my engine clean

Run me ragged, but I don′t fret

'Cause there ain't been one slow me down just yet

Get me drinking that moonshine

Get me higher than a grocery bill

Take my troubles to the high wall

Throw them in the river and get your fill

We′ve been sniffing that cocaine

Ain′t nothing better when the wind cuts cold

Lord, it's a mighty hard living

But a damn good feeling to run these roads

I got people trying to tell me Red

Keep this living and you wind up dead

Cast your troubles on the Lord of lords

Wind up lying on the cooling board

But I got buddies up at white house road

They keep me strutting when my feet hang low

Rotgut whiskey gonna ease my pain

And all this running is gonna keep me sane

Get me drinking that moonshine

Get me higher than a grocery bill

Take my troubles to the high wall

Throw them in the river and get your fill

We′ve been sniffing that cocaine

Ain't nothing better when the wind cuts cold

Lord, it′s a mighty hard living

But a damn good feeling to run these roads

It's a damn good feeling to run these roads

When you lay me in the cold hard clay

Won′t you sing them hymns while the banjo plays?

We could tell them ladies that they ought not frown

'Cause there ain't been nothing ever held me down

Law man, women or a shallow grave

Same old blues, just a different day

Get me drinking that moonshine

Get me higher than a grocery bill

Take my troubles to the high wall

Throw them in the river and get your fill

We′ve been sniffing that cocaine

Ain′t nothing better when the wind cuts cold

Lord, it's a mighty hard living

But a damn good feeling to run these roads

It′s a damn good feeling to run these roads

It's a damn good feeling to run these roads