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  1. Tracks
  2. Steve Earle
  3. Exit 0
  4. The Week of Living Dangerously

TRACK

Steve Earle

The Week of Living Dangerously

Release date: 18th May 1987

From Exit 0
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About This Track

"The Week of Living Dangerously" is a track by Steve Earle, from the album Exit 0, released 18th May 1987. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Steve Earle

Steve Earle

Lyrics

The Week of Living Dangerously

[Verse 1]

Well I got out of work and I headed for the neighborhood beer joint

I sat around and had a beer with the boys like I always do

Well I didn't have nothing to say anyway, there ain't no point

There's something about a Monday that always makes me blue

[Verse 2]

Well it was well after dark so I knew my wife and kids were waiting

And I guess I took a left where I generally take a right

Well I filled her up with gas and checked the oil at the Texaco station

I threw the car seat in a dumpster and I headed out into the night

[Chorus]

Woo ooh ooh ooh ooh

There's something about a Monday that always makes me blue

[Verse 3]

Well I headed south on 35, hellbent for vinyl

I hadn't never had a truck up past 55 before

Well something about that little red line always looked so final

Buddy, you'd be surprised how fast a Chevrolet truck can go

[Verse 4]

Now down in Mexico, they've got a little place called Boystown

Where a man's still a man if you know what I'm talkin' about

Well I walked into the Cadillac bar and I laid my cash down

I said, "There's plenty more where that came from" and the lights went out

[Chorus]

Woo ooh ooh ooh ooh

There's something about a Monday that always makes me blue

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]

Now I woke up in a county jail across the line in Laredo

I had a headache and a deputy staring at me through the door

He said, "How you got across that river alive, I don't know

But your wife just made your bail, so now you're really dead for sure"

[Verse 6]

Now my wife, she called my boss and she lied and so I got my job back

And the boys down at the plant whisper and stare at me

Well my wife can find a lot of little jobs to keep me on the right track

That's a small price to pay for a week of living dangerously

[Chorus]

Woo ooh ooh ooh ooh wee

That's a small price to pay for a week of living dangerously

Hey, woo

[Instrumental Outro]

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Track details

From Exit 0

1987
Album
Exit 0
Exit 0
Steve Earle
Release year
1987
  1. —San Antonio Girl
  2. —Angry Young Man
  3. —I Ain't Ever Satisfied
  4. —It’s All Up to You
  5. —I Love You Too Much
  6. —No. 29
  7. —Nowhere Road
  8. —Sweet Little '66
  9. —The Rain Came Down
  10. —The Week of Living Dangerously

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Credits

Writer
Steve Earle
Producer
Emory Gordy Jr., Richard Bennett, Tony Brown