Pathol O.G.

You know I've been writing songs and singing them
For nigh on 30 years
I like it
I love it
It started out as a way for me to communicate
With other people
And myself
And the spirits

I don't wanna say that it saved my life
But it gave me a life
So I took my show on the road
And I made some good friends that I still have today
And I talked to the girls that smiled at me
But in the end, I realized it's probably best just to let them be

I remember one girl in East Tennessee
Where girls in songs always seem to be
She said, "You should spend the night
Looking for a hotel"

It's important to not
Treat your lifeboat like a yacht
It's important to not
Treat your lifeboat like a yacht

As time wore on, I found myself
Increasingly turning to my guitar
Instead of other people
In times of loneliness (loneliness)
And sorrow (sorrow)
And confusion (confusion)

Which is the exact opposite reason
Of why I got into this in the first place
I started to wonder
Is this creativity or pathology?
Am I the Pathol O.G.?
Always one foot on the ladder to Heaven?

Jacob's ladder!
Jacob's ladder!
Jacob's ladder never seemed so tall
Sometimes I wonder
"Does it ever stop growing at all?"

Friend would call, say
"Hey, let's get together at seven"
I'd say, "Sorry, pal
I got one foot on the ladder to Heaven!"

Jacob's ladder!
Jacob's ladder!
Jacob's ladder never seemed so tall
Sometimes I wonder
"Does it ever stop growing at all?"

It's important to not
Treat your lifeboat like a yacht
It's important to not
Turn your lifeboat into a yacht
Sometimes you've got
To just get off
Just get off and walk

Just get off and walk
You got to lay that ladder down, boy

Lay that ladder down, boy, lay that ladder down
Lay that ladder down, boy, lay that ladder down
Lay that ladder down, lay that ladder down
And get a cross

Lay that ladder down, boy, lay that ladder down
Lay that ladder down, boy, lay that ladder down
Lay that ladder down
Lay that ladder down and get a cross

Lay that ladder down, boy, lay that ladder down
Lay that ladder down, boy, lay that ladder down
Lay that ladder down, lay that ladder down
Lay that ladder down
And get a cross

Well, bye