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Drive-By Truckers – Opening Act (2019) | Track profile | Dork

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Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
Opening Act

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Drive-By Truckers

Opening Act

Release date: 22nd January 2019

From Brighter Than Creation’s Dark

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"Opening Act" is a track by Drive-By Truckers, from the album Brighter Than Creation’s Dark, released 22nd January 2019. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Drive-By Truckers.

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Lyrics

Opening Act

There's a big fat man on a mechanical bull in slow motion

Like Debra Winger

And he gets knocked off and I think he's hurt

It's a bitch facing facts and figures

There's a band on stage that used to be huge

They're on but no one's listening

And they're asked to turn down and they politely oblige

Ain't no such thing as a free ride

And it ain't my night and it ain't my town

And I ain't being condescending

It's just the opening slot and I hit my mark

And leave as the crowd is thinning

But the man's on the guest list

So I guess it'll be alright

Said the man's on the guest list

So I guess it'll be alright

Said the man's on the guest list

So I guess it'll be alright

The man's on the guest list

In a little while the paramedics come

And they haul off that Urban Bovine Knievel

And I see my friend and I give him all my money

And I tell myself it's a necessary evil

And it's all such a fleeting thing

So I guess I'd best try and enjoy it

All this beauty and just enough time

To figure out how to destroy it

I'm just the opening act

And it ain't my crowd and it ain't my night

But I'd be lying if I said I can't relate

I'm just the opening act and the van is packed

And I'm hauling ass to another state

And I'm driving north as the sun is risin'

Over a technicolor horizon

I reached out to touch you and you're not there

You're a thousand miles away from here

And I turned on the radio

And heard some preacher talking salvation

My tank is half-full

And I reached over and changed the station

I'm just the opening act

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Track details

From Brighter Than Creation’s Dark

2019

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Album

Brighter Than Creation’s Dark

Drive-By Truckers

Release year

2019

—Bob
—The Home Front
—3 Dimes Down
—Lisa's Birthday
—Opening Act
—Monument Valley
—You and Your Crystal Meth
—The Righteous Path
—Perfect Timing
—Home Field Advantage
—Checkout Time in Vegas
—A Ghost to Most
—Goode's Field Road
—Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife
—The Purgatory Line
—I'm Sorry Huston
—Self Destructive Zones
—Daddy Needs a Drink
—That Man I Shot

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