Out on the Rise

Everybody's going home

The bars are plugged

The lamps are trimmed and burnin' low

All the willows just shrug

Think I'll pack it in

And head to Montgomery

Swimming in this sea of sin, Lord

Well, it sure gets lonely

Every town I go

Soon as I swing low

I'm out on the rise

If I could just take it slow

Lord, I'll make it I know

But I never been so good at that

I'm a hard working man

But I ain't got a thing

'Cause I can't keep no job

That won't let me sing

I rub my eyes and then

Seen another day

And how come all my closest friends

Are so far away?

Every town I go

Soon as I swing low

I'm out on the rise

If I could just take it slow

Lord, I'll make it I know

But I never been so good at that

My soul's a lion's den

There ain't no place to hide

Heart's an engineer

Out on his last ride

But if you come a little closer

I'll give you my right ear

Won't you please tell me somethin'

That might keep me here?

Every town I go

Soon as I swing low

I'm out on the rise

If I could just take it slow

Lord, I'll make it I know

But I never been so good at that