Every Time I Try to Get Out

Every time I try to get out

They pull me back in again

I try to go straight

Try keep me a day job

But I miss my songs and friends

Woke in a motel in Panama City

End of a cross-country tour

Sick as a dog and the maid she is a-shouting

Don’t think I can do this no more.

Still every time I try to get out

They pull me back in again

I try to go straight

Try keep myself a day job

But I miss my songs and friends

Went to go work in The Loop in Chicago

Arbitraged options by day

Sat on the board of a couple of startups

Made some good friends but I just couldn’t stay

See every time I try to get out

They pull me back in again

I try to go straight

Try to keep me a day job

I miss my songs and my friends.

Finished my doctorate so I

Could teach college

The University of Georgia

Got me a title

Got me an office

Co-wrote a textbook as well

Still every time

I try to get out

They pull me back in again

I try to go straight

And keep me a day job

But I miss my songs and my friends

Still every time

I try to get out

They pull me back in again

I try to go straight

And keep me a day job

But I miss my songs and my friends