Peaked

[Spoken Intro]

I never saw myself playing music in front of people, let alone for a living. But I was studying abroad in Estonia, folks started listening to me practice. Then one night, I got called up to play a few songs at a concert I was at, and that seemed to go pretty well. Then that next week, I got a call from a fashion designer. She asked me to play for a show that Friday. So I said yes, and it went like this:

[Verse 1]

Well the first time I ever played for a dollar

Was a lingerie fashion show

There were people all around just bobbin' their heads

With a smile and a look of hope

As the girls walked straight and turned on the dime

To the rhythm of a country rhyme

I look back on all the times I ever played

And think "Where the hell did I go wrong?"

[Chorus]

Well I peaked the first show I ever played

And I can't beat singin' Springsteen to get paid

I got the words all wrong to every damn song

I was lookin' at the girls walkin' 'round in thongs

Well I peaked the first show I ever played

[Verse 2]

Well since then, I can't quite contend

Although I played a hundred shows or more

From Arkansas to Estonia

And the New York City dance floors

I've played for thousands of people in hundreds of places

Earned my share of pennies too

And I look back on all the times I ever played

And think "Where the hell did I go wrong?"

[Chorus]

Well I peaked the first show I ever played

And I can't beat singin' Springsteen to get paid

I got the words all wrong to every damn song

I was lookin' at the girls walkin' 'round in thongs

Well I peaked the first show I ever played

[Chorus]

Well I peaked the first show I ever played

And I can't beat singin' Springsteen to get paid

I got the words all wrong to every damn song

I was lookin' at the girls walkin' 'round in thongs

Well I peaked the first show I ever played

Well I peaked the first show I ever played