Snipe Hunt

[Intro]

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

Ha,  ha, ha

(One,  two, one-two-three-four)

[Verse 1]

I flung the door open and let the heat rise

To heat up the world 'cause I thought it was mine

And  all the while all of my plants froze inside

'Cause  there's only so much to go 'round

[Verse 2]

And it took me some tries and a whole lotta kindling

When  the lesson arrived, it only took me a minute

To learn there are some things are better off freezing

I can tell you a few that I've found

[Chorus]

Hate is a thing that can poison your veins

And  get in your eyes when you're sweating on stage

Shifting around for a clock on the wall

Tell you it's almost over

Vans that keep rolling and times for the birds

The chirp in your ears, all the rumors they heard

Flying above all the good in this world

Shitting on cattle and clover

[Verse 3]

Now when I was a young boy I thought I could track

And an old-timer sat down and reached me a sack

And he told me all of the knowledge I lacked

On an ornery ol' thing called a Snipe

[Verse 4]

He picked me up on a Friday and he dropped me in Charley

Told me when he'd be back and he went off to party

And I sat on the hill like a Jeremiah Johnson

And I froze my dumb ass off all night

[Verse 5]

And that's the way that I feel when I look at our past

And the handshakes you gave me, if you're callin' them that

And the snickers you tried to pass off as laughs

And the way your eyes never met mine

[Chorus]

Paranoia's a thing that you’re makin’ when sleep

Ain't a thing you recall, ain't a habit you keep

One ol' boy's nightmare is another fool's dream

It's all in the way that you hold her

Hotels are lonely, I reckon I'd know

I've spent many of night in between shows

Looking at paint as it dries on the wall

On a booger you just painted over

[Verse 6]

Life reminds me of a card game we played as a kid

Where you laid down the deck 'til you got to the end

Early on there's a joker got lost 'neath the fridge

Over time all the queens moved in with him

[Verse 7]

And I'd say the boy had him an absolute ball

But he ruined the card game for all us involved

And I let it take me over like kudzu in Georgia

And I hope you don't do that again