If It Don’t Bleed

Looking back down the road from a little ways out

I never had a fear and I never had a doubt

If I'd had a lick of sense, I'd have figured that out pretty fast

But I wasn't any smarter than the average kid

Somebody might've noticed, but I never did

I never saw the future fading right into the past

Talking to the wallpaper, wandering the halls

I burned a lot of bridges and I dropped a lot of balls

It's a wonder I can ever go back to any place I've been

But I wouldn't get down on my knees on a bet

I'm near enough to Jesus as I ever want to get

Seeking salvation isn't part of my general plan

Save your prayers for yourself

I raise my glass to your health

I don't mind if you don't look like me

I can share my bread and wine

I come from another time

And it don't matter all that much if it don't bleed

If it don't bleed

Now it's all I can do just to get out of bed

There's more in the mirror than there is up ahead

I smile and I nod like I heard what you said every time

So run another rack, pour another shot

You don't get it back, so give it all you got

While you still got a more or less functional body and mind

Save your prayers for yourself

I raise my glass to your health

I don't mind if you don't look like me

I can share my bread and wine

I come from another time

And it don't matter all that much if it don't bleed

If it don't bleed

I learned to answer my calls and open my mail

I paid my taxes and I stayed out of jail

You stay in the game when you're too broke to fail

That's a fact

Talking to the wallpaper, sleeping in the halls

Bones get brittle, so you'd better not fall

You slow to a crawl and time gets to balling the jack

Run you right off the track

Save your prayers for yourself

I raise my glass to your health

I don't mind if you don't talk like me

I can share my bread and wine

I come from another time

And it don't matter all that much if it don't bleed

If it don't bleed

If it don't bleed

If it don't bleed

If it don't bleed