Watchin' The World Pass Me By

I can promise you I won’t ever stop drinking

Aint ever gonna be some holy roller

But for the millionth time I thought about quittin today

And Lord I ain’t talkin bout gettin sober

Time after time after time, and again and again

I been left out, left behind and misunderstood

And I get so tired of watching ‘em livin my dreams

I got to get to gettin’ while the gettin’s good

So I ain’t got a choice

But to sit around in a honky tonk

Listenin to that old jukebox play

Them sad old lonesome country songs

Rockin’ a bar stool, tryin’ not to cry

Just watching the world pass me by

Some folks know how to make the needle jump

And some they got the licks to make ‘em cream

Me, I’m just hanging out in the shadows

I’m even having ECs in my dreams

Must be so easy when you’re easy on the eyes

And daddy’s bankroll to make the rules

Put on a Stetson and pretend like the game ain’t stacked

And at the end of it say “shes just a bitter, jaded, helpless fool”

And I ain’t got a choice

But to sit around in this honky tonk

Listenin to that old jukebox play

Them just found out he’s cheatin songs

Rockin’ a bar stool, don’t ever let em see you cry

Just watching the world, just watching the world pass me by

Ain’t nobody talking about the big score

But every morning I’m a little more decomposed

And I heard it’s always hot down in Panama City

Hell I better get my ass to the coast

And I ain’t got a choice

But to sit around in a honky tonk

Listenin to that old country band play

Them tear-in-my-beer drinking songs

Rockin’ a bar stool, tryin not to cry

Just watching the world—I’m watching my life—

Just watching the world pass me by