Cory Morrow - Songwriter's Lament lyrics

Well the doc said, "Son
You gotta quit this life you
Lead before you die" i said, "I can't quit
It's all I know and I can't afford to die
How am I suppose to pay your bill
The I'm six feet in the ground?
Who in the hell is gonna feed my
Dog when I'm no longer 'round?" i said
"Isn't there somethin' you can do doc?
Some kinda pill or remedy?" he said
"I ain't never heard of no drug that works
To keep a man from bein' lazy"
"Lazy? Now just watch it Doc
'cause I work really hard
See from 10PM to 2AM every
Night I play my guitar
That's right, that's right
And I drink real hard and I smoke real hard
And hell I hardly have time to sleep
Lately I've been eatin' so damn hard
I can hardly feel my feet
Oh can't even see 'em
About ten and a half double d"
Well I sat down and I pondered a while
About what that good doc had said
And I thought real quietly
To myself, "You know
Maybe I'd be better off dead now you see
A dead man don't have to worry about the
Police for any warrants he might have out
And I'd no longer have to
Hide from the credit
Card collectors tryin' to flush
My dead beat out yeah man that'd be great
No more smoke filled lungs or bars
And no more worryin' 'bout that big ol' beer
Belly I'm gonna get from drinkin' too hard"

"Spare tire, it's a Dunlop 44 Extra Wide
No more playin' all night long
No more hangovers that last all damn day
July 5th is official hangover day
No more meetin' beautiful Texas women and
Rollin' 'round in the hay"

Well I've got some find
Memories of San Angelo
And I've seen some beauty queens in El Paso
But the best lookin' women
That I've ever seen
Have all been in Texas and all wearin' jeans
I'm a country plowboy not an urban cowboy
And I don't ride bulls but
I have fought some men
And drivin' pick up trucks
Just ain't got enough
And I live to love Texas women

Make love to the camera everyone

Who the hell am I kiddin'? I don't wanna die
I gotta lot of things left to do
Got a lotta drinkin' and smokin'
And pickin' and grinnin'
Writin' songs for all of you
I wanna live forever
At least as long as I can
I wanna smoke them cigarettes
And feel the burnin' in my lungs man
I wanna drink a lot of whiskey
And get drunk and stupid stoned
I wanna make love to my woman
Feel the passion burn all night long
Lord, don't take me now
You got to give me a little more time
I got few loose ends down here to tie up
A lotta worries on my mind

I wanna live forever, just as long as I can
I wanna smoke them Marlboro Lights
And feel the burnin' in my lungs again
I wanna drink Wild Turkey
And get drunk and stupid stoned
I wanna make love to my Texas woman
All night long lord, don't take me now
You got to give me a little more time
I got few loose ends down here to tie up
A lotta worries on my mind
Lord I got few loose ends down here to tie up
Oh don't you know I can't afford
Oh Lord knows I can't afford to die