Heavy Eyes

Remember when David dashed a twelve pack

Of Budweiser heavy for the road?

Two kids in the back, drunk off their ass

Screamin' in an old Bronco

And I recall what she said

That she wanted me dead

There ain't no grave deep enough

Remember all the nights we had?

You said it ain't so bad

Keep those heavy eyes looking up

Remember when Mary brought her own Jane?

Lucas thought he was gonna die

'Cause stars started fallin' out a ninth cloud

From a clear midwestern sky

I recall what she said

Screamin' that the sky is red

It's burned into a younger man's mind

Remember all the days we had

I say it ain't so bad

Keep those heavy eyes soft and kind

Oh, when I'm old, I will recall

All the nights we spent outlaws

It's getting cold, but that sun is cresting

And heavy eyes ain't born for resting

Who's gonna drive us home, the boys and me?

Our walking staggered, vision blurred

One thing you'll come to know, the boys back home

Live for things like dead man's curve

I recall what he said

He'd rather be gone and dead

Than living like those sad folks in town

I can't take this soul with me

If I go, I'm going quickly

Keep those heavy eyes free and proud

Oh, when I'm old, I will recall

All the nights we spent outlaws

It's getting cold, but that sun is cresting

And heavy eyes ain't born for resting

Oh, when I'm old, I will recall

All the nights we spent outlaws

It's getting cold, but that sun is cresting

And heavy eyes ain't born for resting