Rattlesnake

Mmm, losing touch in Tennessee
Freedom's got the best of me
Goddamn my opportunities
Goddamn this easy living

Gasping for the mountain air
Crawling up the campus stairs
My throne is an electric chair
I'm stunned with indecision

Mmm, pray for upgrades on my soul
Tearing through an open road
Questioning my moral code
And screaming at a windsheild

Knowing better all along
Knowing all I know is wrong
Throwing out my alcohol
Am I making this a big deal?

Oh, my soul is just a big white house
To some punk-ass kids from out of town
Who stay up late and talk real loud
Sometimes I feel like kickin' 'em out

Mmm, self-absorbed most of the time
Obsessed with sex and suicide
The dreams of Texas girls gone by
I lie like California

Stumbling over all the states
Mumbling like a basket case
So love is like a rattlesnake
Before it bites, it tries to warn you

But my heart is just a little boy
Holding hands like brand new toys
Drunk on freedom, stuck on choice
Just cooing for the rattle's noise

Mmm, out of town and two clicks past
I found a western diamondback
It blocked my self-destructive pact
I laugh, it shakes it's tail

Says "If you hurt all of your friends
And disappear around the bend
You bet you'll come right back again
And try to love though you may fail"

Oh

Oh