Twenty on High

[Verse 1]

Thirty-five minutes into Monday

I'm crossing that old state line

Headed out East with the railway

To the mountains of North Caroline

[Verse 2]

It's another damn week on the railroad

It's another damn lonesome night

One of these days, I'ma head home

One of these days I might

[Chorus]

Pay a little more respect to the body that I'm in

Take a little less off of the edge

What did you expect of an adolescent kid

Who was all out of allegiance to pledge?

What did you expect of a runaway train

On a busted up mainline rail?

What did you think he would have to say

If he decided there's a story to tell?

[Verse 3]

There's thirty-five reasons for the bottle now

I'm thirty fucking counties away

Slipping off deep to the nothingness

Couldn't even speak if I had something to say

[Verse 4]

These thoughts, they're all self-critical

There's two pounds left of the trigger pull

This ain't it, there's got to be something else

Get out now before I lose myself

[Chorus]

And pay a little more respect to the body that I'm in

Take a little less off of the edge

What did you expect of an adolescent kid

Who was all out of allegiance to pledge?

What did you expect of a runaway train

On a busted up mainline rail?

What did you think he would have to say

If he decided there's a story to tell?

[Outro]

Thirty-five minutes into Monday

I'm crossing that old state line

Headed out East with the railway

Mountains of North Caroline