Cruisin' for a Brusin'

When you watch a friend drift away by the fire light, 'Cause too many deaths between ya've left you paranoid And a couple old-time sakers just don't to the trick Hit this roach, man, get it over with Are you playing by the rules again? Sing the guilty notes of a million ghosts Well it turns out this Maria comes from way back home See her up the valley where this story goes And she told me that she would'a without saying how Did you know me better for honoring a vow? Did you know me ever for honoring a vow? And the walls of every room still know our party lines Where we'd split the wealth for a lack of spine And it's cruel sometimes to face not grown up at all Out cruisin' for a bruisin' till ya fall Well you should'a seen it coming, but it struck again Like a birthday gone belligerent So you pass around the Maker's to a stranger's lips They're gonna shoot me down for loving this They're gonna shoot me down for loving this Are you playing by the rules, my friend? Single the guilty notes of a single ghost And she told me that she would'a done it anyhow