Don’t waste your life on ***** Don’t waste your life on drugs Don’t waste your life on women Don’t waste your time learning a language you will never use I did because I couldn’t be loved Not when I wanted to Not when I was young. And I really needed to be loved And as I grew up I never stuck around For people I just kept riding off Into the sunset Trying to shake of a broken heart They say forget the past But the past has become so convincing And the wound so pronounced That its something I cannot overlook. More like it creeps up on me When I am alone with this mind This mind that achieved alot But achieved so little Kissed so few women Was loved so little Had so few experiences in love. It’s best to be stupid when you are young And not have this pessimism hardening in your soul. Like a dry bit of flesh Protecting the tender wound I’ve tried ***** I’ve tried laughing I’ve tried staring at the ceiling I’ve tried not caring But this mother dies hard. I can only survive By listening to Waylon And Willie And Alan And Merle And David Allan Coe.