Amor De Mi Vida

Amor De Mi Vida 

Amor de mi vida

Lord knows I need ya

I rent a one-room hole in a downtown mess

Got a job that seems to pay less and less

In a world that shakes you down for every cent

Debts and grief since I don’t know when

Bury my head in a bottle again

You’d think our time on earth would be better spent

But every time I think I’ve reached my limit

Like a roulette wheel you make me spin it

Again, and again, and again and again

Amor de mi Vida

Lord knows I need ya

You’re the only thing that makes any sense

Amor de mi vida

Anything to please ya

You’re the one to save me from myself

They got a back room brawl on a Thursday night  

I strut in like a slugger to a big prize fight

A trail of whiskey breath and cheap tacos

With a stack of bills and a front row seat

On a losing streak that I just can’t beat

Throw that money down and watch it go

But every time I think I’ve cashed my chips in

With a lucky hand you deal me back in

Again, and again, and again and again

And there’s a quiet voice in a death row hush

Building slowly to a bitter rush

A phantom itch I scratch but never appease

I squirm and twist, an animal trapped

Lying in the filth on the flat of my back

A quicksand trap from which there’s no release

And every time I think I’ve gone too far

You shine a light to where you are

Again and again and again and again