Got a Hellhound on my trail
Devil Dogs locked on my scent
Hears the barkin and yowlin
Still runnin but my energy's spent
Got a monkey on my back
**** thing stranglin my soul
my skins crawlin, liver aching
self abuse done took its toll
bill collectors keep callin
dialin me up in real time
debt for ill spent life past due
bro won't spare a **** dime
ol sun did rise this mornin
Lord gave me one more day
to see the light, set things right
before he takes me away
sick and tired of sick and tired
can't play this tune no more
take one step to a brand new life
before I knock on heavens door
Music Selection:
Robert Johnson,
Hellhound on My Trail
NYC
3/19/05
jbm
Mar 17, 2013
Mar 17, 2013 at 10:04 AM UTC
Got a Hellhound on my trail
Devil Dogs locked on my scent
Hears the barkin and yowlin
Still runnin but my energy's spent
Got a monkey on my back
**** thing stranglin my soul
my skins crawlin, liver aching
self abuse done took its toll
bill collectors keep callin
dialin me up in real time
debt for ill spent life past due
bro won't spare a **** dime
ol sun did rise this mornin
Lord gave me one more day
to see the light, set things right
before he takes me away
sick and tired of sick and tired
can't play this tune no more
take one step to a brand new life
before I knock on heavens door
Music Selection:
Robert Johnson,
Hellhound on My Trail
NYC
3/19/05
jbm
Note: scribbled six months before my first AA meeting and God willing last drunk. Do you think I suspected that my life was becoming unmanageable and that I was powerless over alcohol? As this proves, I realized I had an inkling of my problem but I remained convinced I wasn't sick.
That all changed 9/30/05.
TBTG!
Still gotta be on the lookout for those hell hounds though.
Their still out there looking for me that's for sure.
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