Shadows in the Dark

Momma tried to make this house a home And daddy drove a truck, somebody always tell him where to go We only saw him two times a week Sometimes he needed days of sleep But he was doing alright They grew up poor, lived the best they could Tried real hard, it didn't do no good So I took off on my own road A different road than my daddy drove I was doing alright Like a full steaming train, hell-bent to lay my own tracks Bring on the storms and the rain, ain't nothing holding me back Can't nothing tame this wild gypsy heart I lie in my own way, I'm chasing shadows in the dark My brother signed up, said "Yes Sir" to them stripes Then wore his colours all brainwashed in the pride And he came back all tired and mean, good days too few and far between He says he's doing alright Like a full steaming train, hell-bent to lay my own tracks Bring on the storms and the rain, ain't nothing holding me back Can't nothing tame this wild gypsy heart I lie in my own way, I'm chasing shadows in the dark Stories written in my blood, I was born and bound to ramble The fire raging in my soul, burning both sides of the candle Like a full steaming train, hell-bent to lay my own tracks Bring on the storms and the rain, ain't nothing holding me back Can't nothing tame this wild gypsy heart I lie in my own way, I'm chasing shadows in the dark Chasing shadows in the dark Chasing shadows in the dark