In the Offing

I get stir crazy When my rock won't roll When I can't catch no sleep When I can't find no smoke I hear sirens singin Calling from Black Bay Find a two lane road Take it either way Hey baby are you headed for NOLA Suckin down a blue cold bottle of cola Gettin gone gone gone in the offing Long Gone Long Gone Long Gone I took two by land, one by See that scale sway Do re mi fa sober One and one half days Mind your own damn money Spending mine in spades To keep that golden shovel Out of my pocket change Hey baby I don't need much If you got a little room in your pickup truck Gettin gone gone gone in the offing Long Gone Long Gone Long Gone I left my only darlin, down in the Natchitoches Been walkin in boots so long I done wore through my soul But I'll die out on that highway Underneath that rim With a bottle in my pocket And a dollar in my brim Tell the law when they bury me To point my boots back at New Orleans Gettin gone gone gone in the offing Long Gone Long Gone Long Gone