Survivor Blues

She warned him once about her luck

Put out a match with a tear

She said, "I'm bored to death and born to—

Look, you want way the hell away from here?"

He said, "You don't look that tough to me"

He leaned and lit a cigarette

"How 'bout you wait to see just what you regret

Until we get what we get?

'Til we get what we get?"

They say it makes you stronger

First you gotta survive

What didn't kill you will make you wish you died

What didn't kill you will make you wish you died

She struggled to read his knuckle tattoos

Beneath the ring and the scar

But the left said "love," the right read "true"

She said, "Please say you got a car"

"It's parked out back

Pointed out of state

It's a recent acquisition

Should probably ditch the plates"

And it won't get me far enough to ever lose track

But yeah, it's plenty car enough for never coming back"

They say it makes you stronger

First you gotta survive

What didn't kill you will make you wish you died

What didn't kill you will make you wish you died

Yellow duffel in the seat back yonder

Bunch of pretty junk I bought her

Yours if you want

Either to you or the flames

To me it's the same

She said, "No thanks, man, my baggage is packed

The name on my ankle, the knife in my back

But I know a place on the way out of town

It's as good as burned down

As good as burned down

It's as good as burned"

They say it makes you stronger

First you gotta survive

What didn't kill you will make you wish you

What didn't kill you will make you wish you

What didn't kill you will make you wish you

What didn't kill you will make you wish you died

You call that a scar

A bruise, a tear

Pillow marks

Souvenirs, souvenirs