(One, two, one-two-three-four)I flung the door open and let the heat riseTo heat up the world 'cause I thought it was mineAnd all the while, all my plants froze inside'Cause there's only so much to go 'roundAnd it took me some tries and a whole lotta kindlingBut when the lesson arrived, it only took me a minuteTo learn there are some things are better off freezingI can tell you a few that I've foundHate is a thing that can poison your veinsAnd get in your eyes when you're sweating on stageShifting around for a clock on the wallTell you it's almost overVans that keep rolling and times for the birdsThe chirp in your ears, all the rumors they heardFlying above all the good in this worldShitting on cattle and cloverNow when I was a young boy, I thought I could trackAnd an old-timer sat down and reached me a sackAnd he told me all of the knowledge I lackedOn an ornery ol' thing called a SnipeHe picked me up on a Friday, and he dropped me in CharleyTold me when he'd be back, and he went off to partyAnd I sat on the hill like a Jeremiah JohnsonAnd I froze my dumb ass off all nightAnd that's the way that I feel when I look at our pastAnd the handshakes you gave me, if you're callin' them thatAnd the snickers you tried to pass off as laughsAnd the way your eyes never met mineParanoia's a thing that you're makin' when sleepAin't a thing you recall, ain't a habit you keepOne ol' boy's nightmare is another fool's dreamIt's all in the way that you hold herHotels are lonely, I reckon I'd knowI've spent many of night in between showsLooking at paint as it dries on the wallOn a booger you just painted overLife reminds me of a card game we played as a kidWhere you laid down the deck 'til you got to the endEarly on, there's a joker got lost 'neath the fridgeOver time, all the queens moved in with himAnd I'd say the boy, had him an absolute ballBut he ruined the card game for all us involvedAnd I let it take me over like kudzu in GeorgiaAnd I hope you don't do that again
