Charles Wesley Godwin - Gas Well lyrics

I've never been too good to pick up a penny
And lately I've been short of too damn many
Wife up and left, and baby in my ride
Dog's at my feet beggin' for a bite
Empty pockets make sinners out
Of bona fide saints
Swore to my daddy never tarnish his name

Droughts have been long and the
Floods have been fierce
Ain't made a profit on the farm
In near a dozen years
There's money all around eight
Thousand feet down
Be a few more months 'fore
The drill can break ground

So far behind every loan is
Denied and the bank
Has a mind to kick us out of here
I'd see this whole world ground
Down to sand if I
Ever see the day that a suit takes my land

I've got a pistol and some TNT
There's an armoured truck on Tuesday
Carries what I need
I'm not proud of this cliff I'm jumpin'
But I've gotta make it through
'til the gas starts pumpin'

I'll take it on the road
Where no one will see
I know the mountains better
Than a warrior Cherokee
I grew up with Tommy and he did right by me
I'll take the cash he's guardin'
And buy whatever I need

I've got a pistol and some TNT
There's an armoured truck on Tuesday
Carries what I need
I'm not proud of this cliff I'm jumpin'
But I've gotta make it through
'til the gas starts pumpin'

I hope daddy's not lookin' down as
I wait here for that truck
And if he is I pray to
God he sends a little luck

I've never been too good to pick up a penny
And lately I've been swimmin'
In so damn many
Every cheque I receive comes at a high price
Sometimes I visit Tommy's grave at night
And the well'll yield high for many years
The day of my reckonin' surely nears