The Amarillo Kid

I was born down in the handle I was brought up by the strap When the Devil starts to show up in your dreams Then it's hard to get your dreams back If I've lost my sense of wonder You can blame it on the banks Because the scammers and the skimmers all swim around together And every dealer has a fish tank The numbers never lie, but they also never tell the whole truth Deanna's in the passenger side with the Buffalo blues She said the guys that you'll be meeting with won't be easily impressed And if your whole thing's where you're coming from They'll wonder why you left I used to play first-person shooters I'd spend days inside the games The speed made my head like a cockpit computer 'Til the wings came off the plane I was deep in debt and desperate Met some hesher and his henchmen Put on my only suit and I walked up to the interview I applied for the position When the whole thing finally happened They flew me out to Buffalo, New York The terms were much different from what we'd first discussed But I was grateful for the work Deanna was the girl who used to ride around and wait in the car The gig was pretty good, they just always need to know where you are They gifted me a CR-V, and a decent place to live A pistol and a nickname, I'm The Amarillo Kid Dispatch and deliver It's tough to drive in winter weather 30 minutes or the next one is free Still feels like forever Deanna now I know that you were only there to watch me work I couldn't see staying on just to maintain the way that we were The ashtray is the bathtub, there's a stove-top kitchenette The wallpaper is jaundiced, but it's still a step ahead Didn't think they'd have the wherewithal To hunt me down out West I sold half of it in Wichita And I'm wrapping up the rest So darling sit down on the bed Maybe have another hit And listen to the legend Of The Amarillo Kid Listen to the legend Listen to the legend Listen to the legend Of The Amarillo Kid