Snipe Hunt

(One, two, one-two-three-four)

I flung the door open and let the heat rise

To heat up the world 'cause I thought it was mine

And all the while, all my plants froze inside

'Cause there's only so much to go 'round

And it took me some tries and a whole lotta kindling

But when the lesson arrived, it only took me a minute

To learn there are some things are better off freezing

I can tell you a few that I've found

Hate is a thing that can poison your veins

And get in your eyes when you're sweating on stage

Shifting around for a clock on the wall

Tell you it's almost over

Vans that keep rolling and times for the birds

The chirp in your ears, all the rumors they heard

Flying above all the good in this world

Shitting on cattle and clover

Now when I was a young boy, I thought I could track

And an old-timer sat down and reached me a sack

And he told me all of the knowledge I lacked

On an ornery ol' thing called a Snipe

He picked me up on a Friday, and he dropped me in Charley

Told me when he'd be back, and he went off to party

And I sat on the hill like a Jeremiah Johnson

And I froze my dumb ass off all night

And that's the way that I feel when I look at our past

And the handshakes you gave me, if you're callin' them that

And the snickers you tried to pass off as laughs

And the way your eyes never met mine

Paranoia's a thing that you're makin' when sleep

Ain't a thing you recall, ain't a habit you keep

One ol' boy's nightmare is another fool's dream

It's all in the way that you hold her

Hotels are lonely, I reckon I'd know

I've spent many of night in between shows

Looking at paint as it dries on the wall

On a booger you just painted over

Life reminds me of a card game we played as a kid

Where you laid down the deck 'til you got to the end

Early on, there's a joker got lost 'neath the fridge

Over time, all the queens moved in with him

And I'd say the boy, had him an absolute ball

But he ruined the card game for all us involved

And I let it take me over like kudzu in Georgia

And I hope you don't do that again