Drive-By Truckers - The Company I Keep lyrics

My Mama told me, your life is such a wreck
You're dumber than dogshit is
What my Daddy said
I was just thirteen when they
Showed me the door
I keep their picture but don't
Look at it no more

My first wife told me, you need to get a life
My third wife told me to get another wife
I brought a bottle and the
Van's parked by that tree
So come on out with me if
You want to be number four

Sometimes I feel like shit
Sometimes that ain't half of it
Sometimes I'm so high I'm scared
To go to sleep
Sometimes I'm lower than the company I keep
Ain't held down a job since 1984


I get by holding up convenience stores
I get by on liquor, guns, and luck
But, I'm scared to death which
One might run out first

Sometimes I feel like shit
Sometimes that ain't half of it
Sometimes I'm so high I'm scared
To go to sleep
Sometimes I'm lower than the company I keep

I seen my past in everything that I despise
I've seen my future and I'm
Scared to close my eyes
Is that my ghost that I see in my fears
Or just my reflection in my Mama's tears?

Sometimes I feel like shit
Sometimes that ain't half of it
Sometimes I'm so high I'm scared
To go to sleep
Sometimes I'm lower than the company I keep
Sometimes I'm lower than the company I keep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep