The Same Old Song
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I was just a young man
Workin' steady in a good-time band
Takin' every single lick I could
Just to please the man
Harlan sang the lead for him
And we split up the rest
Hangin' on through the heavy times
And a-hopin' for the best
And I can't recall the names of all them places that we played in
And all them squarely party girls
And pills we used to pop
Hardly ever sleepin' in them cheap motels we stayed in
Hopin' we could take 'til we'd make to the top
And the nights, got a little bit brighter
And them bars, got a little bit better
And the sweet, just a little bit sweeter
But them blues
Well, they still the same old song
Now we're stars and a-shinin'
On them prime time TV shows
Every stranger knows our name
Every little place we go
Finding out the bottom ain't so different from the top
Just a few more friends that you'll be losin' when you drop
And I left some of my soul on every sweaty sheet that I could sleep on
Getting just as close to anybody as I could
But I don't regret a single thing I laid my body down
'Cause ever since the first I had, the worst I had was good
And them nights, get a little bit brighter
And them bars, get a little bit better
And the sweet, just a little bit sweeter
But them blues
Well, they still the same old song