High Head Blues

Sometimes I have a ghetto in my mind And other times sunshine high head fine In between I get cold, old mean Intertwined with country pride open and kind This draws a line Sorry to coin a phrase And on either side is wisdom and rage, yeah So keeping track of time Racing with my age Sleeping with the snakes Forget that you showed up late It ain't worth it, baby A charmed life it is At least they tell you so I got a good idea It ain't like they say is so And if it is, then let me go Let me go Any day there might be hell to pay But in other ways It makes it seem okay I'll tell you what I mean It's not a plot nor a scheme It's just peace in my mind Again, can I use the word kind? I ain't sorry about it, baby A charmed life it is At least they tell you so I got a good idea It ain't like they say is so And if it is, let me go Let me go, let me go, I'm high