Career Moves

[Verse 1] For twenty-odd years, I have strummed on guitars 5,000 lost flat picks, four fingertip scars I must've broken a million G strings Picking and strumming, and playing these things Banging and tuning, and playing these things [Verse 2] And it's been sixteen years now that I've written songs Over a hundred and still growing strong About drinking and hockey and flying above Again and again, about unhappy love Over and over, unhappy love [Break] [Verse 3] And it's music for money, but I do it for fun Oh, I know how to do it; it's easily done To stand on a stage doesn't make me afraid I'm comfortable up there; it's gotten me laid It always amazes me when I get paid [Verse 4] So here I am, doing all that I can do You're paying; I'm playing; I'm grateful to you Indoors and outdoors, at home and abroad I sing these songs, and you people applaud You haven't changed much; you still applaud