Three Reasons

There's a bottle in the cupboard, all up on the top shelf

There's another down in my pickup, when I just can't help myself

Been 20 years of heartache and 20 years of pain

If that bottle don't kill me, I think I'll die from the shame

Think I'll die from the shame, yeah

Last Saturday morning, I was just a face in the crowd

I was wondering what the hell I might say when my time came around

The conversation kept moving 'til I was the only one

But once I started talking, the heartaches rolled off my tongue

The heartaches rolled off my tongue

Shadows creepin' up behind me

And I've no more tears left to cry

I may never break these chains that bind me

But I got three reasons

I've got three reasons to try

You know one is my woman, and I got two darling girls

When you put 'em all together, sir, you've got my whole world

And you don't have to tell me it's a long, hard road

For the first time in my life, I gotta see where it goes

I gotta see just where it goes

Shadows creepin' up behind me

And I've no more tears left to cry

I may never break these chains that bind me

But I got three reasons

I've got three reasons to try

I was born at the end of a dead-end road

And those dark clouds follow me wherever I go

And I've still got dreams runnin' through my head

But every night when I get home, the devil's sleepin' in my bed

He's in my bed

I got a job with the county, I make an honest wage

There's a tavern out on the turnpike, I don't stop there these days

Go on home most evening, hold my children and I kiss my wife

I gotta say, it feels so good to be gettin' on with my life

It feels so good gettin' on with life

Shadows creepin' up behind me

And I've no more tears left to cry

I may never break these chains that bind me

But I've got three reasons

I've got three reasons to try

Mm, yeah