Drive-By Truckers - Tales Facing Up lyrics

Me and my brother's old lady
Went out and got stinking
She solved her curiosities about me
By the railroad tracks
She said I reminded her of
Him before he started drinking
And banging the babysitter every time
She turned her back

We opened up the sunroof and
Smoked a big ole joint
And drank a case of Pabst Blue Ribbon
Listening to the crickets and trains
Every so often she'd lapse
Into narcotic rambling
Moon and mascara i've always
Been a holy terror
Temptations lurking everywhere if your
Mind's in the gutter, beware!
You'll find me there me and a friend were
Talking after the funeral


She said it should have been
Me but I'm still around and I been so wild
I'm surprised I made it to the seventh grade
And all my dead friends have settled down
My eyes were puffy and she
Asked if I'd been crying
I said 'tears are for pussies
" but who was I kidding
So we stopped at the bar and drank them dry
Beer and tequila
I've always been a thrill seeker
But thrills are a dime a dozen these days
And I found a dime in the gutter today
Tails facing up still fucking up
Still fucking up

A funny thing happened on my way
To a strange way of thinking