High on Gettin' By

I been stranded on the plains Living life estranged From everyone who knew me Back in my travelin' days I used to play the jester But I let go of the scepter Along the way Like a bird caught in a store I been searchin for the door But there ain't no clear direction When you ain't needed anymore In my dreams I shot the dealer Could I make it any clearer What I'm for? Well I been drunk On the ideas of my future And I been high On gettin' by On gettin' by Well I try to change my luck Aww but luck don't give a damn Watching everything I'd worked for Just slip right through my hands Ain't no rhyme for the reason No consequence for treason In this land But I refuse to go out losin' No I ain't nobody's fool You can tell me that it's rainin' While you dig your swimmin' pools Aww but I'll be diggin' ditches While the man is flippin' switches On the dam Well I been drunk On the ideas of my future And I been high On gettin' by On gettin' by I got my first child on the way And the bills are all unpaid I should have finished high school Got a job and learned to save But the words keeps on fallin' And the highway keeps on callin' To my pen If I could make myself a deal Then I might not have to steal Aww but something's bound to break With all the spinnin' of the wheels Well I came here for the music And I can't afford to lose it after all Well I been drunk On the ideas of my future And I been high On gettin' by On gettin' by