Trodden Down

Well 3:30 comes and I can't sleep
Just another dance all alone in the deep
With a woman I don't know
Guess I'll reap what I sow

Now my friend Jack Daniels has a shot for me
And I'll chase it down with a beer or three
While I sit in a room where I can't see

Yeah, I know...

Now it could be God but it could be him
Yeah it's hard to tell when the light is dim
Like a Sunday morn without no hymn
It feels cold

It's not what I planned when I signed on the line
I'm a man nearly right nearly half the time
But the boss don't care about my feeble mind
He says "Grow...grow...grow...grow!"

Trodden down, rocks, thorns and weeds
These are the obstacles for the seeds
Though you're never alone with the one who feeds your soul

Trodden down, rocks, thorns and weeds
These are the things that kill the seeds
No you're never alone with the one who feeds on your soul

Old travel slides make it all so clear
Through the images from another year
And the mellow word from another beer
I've gone cold

Like the windblown snow from my mind's frontier
I gotta shovel fast to get outta' here
Don't think I'm gonna last another year
It's so cold, cold, cold, cold

Trodden down, rocks, thorns and weeds
These are the obstacles for the seeds
Though you're never alone with the one who feeds your soul

Trodden down, rocks, thorns and weeds
These are the things that kill the seeds
No you're never alone with the one who feeds on your soul

Scripts at night help me get to sleep
Coffee in the day helps my mind to keep
Me just moving on up that slope
So rough and steep

I'm not gonna earn my pay today
I'm gonna sit there and think about yesterdays
And all the friends who have helped me along the way
As I go

Now my sock's on fire cuz the heater's close
I best stop 'fore they say it was an overdose
I know they'll blame the Jack before my morning toast
Yeah I know, know, know, know...

Trodden down, rocks, thorns and weeds
These are the parables of the seeds
But you're never alone with the one who feeds your soul

Trodden down, rocks, thorns and weeds
These are the parables of the seeds
No you're never alone with the one who feeds your soul