Hit the Bell with Your Elbow

It was 29 years in dog years, since I seen my little lady

Y'see I needed some space and time to kill all my highway thrills

And now I'm back in her old mill town

I been dry and clean and I'm ready to try this love thing again

And I will  I'm not going in any direction,

But she laughed and said times have changed

There ain't no bed for you here...  

Hit the bell with your elbow and come in from the rain

You can promise me nothing and I will do the same

I don't need you to fight for me and I don't need you to cry

Just hit the bell with your elbow yes and come in with your hands up high

I told her I been through a lot out there

I lost my chukka playboy boots

At the river bottom inn

I lost my barracuda jacket in a bet gone wrong

And through it all I heard birds whistling your name

She laughed and said you can sneeze in the basket

But still ain't no bed for you here

Hit the bell with your elbow and come in from the rain

You can promise me nothing and I will do the same

I don't need you to fight for me and I don't need you to cry

Just hit the bell with your elbow and come in with your hands up high

And your pants down low, pants down low

And keep your boot laces, keep'em high and tight

Pants down low, With your pants down low

But you can't hide in me tonight

No you can't hide in me tonight

Did you say that you had no place to go

Or that you had no place to stay

Did you say that you had no place to go

Which is it boy, cause it's cold outside, you either go or you stay

and Hit the bell with your elbow and come in from the rain

You can promise me nothing and I will do the same

I don't need you to fight for me and I don't need you to cry

Just hit the bell with your elbow yes and come in with your hands up high

Pants down low

But you can't hide in me tonight

No you can't hide in me tonight