Twenty Long Years

I've a tale or two to tell you

But the booze just makes me slow

I could rack my brain remembering

But I guess maybe I'll just go

There's a method to my madness

There's a secret to this town

There's a reason why I'm still living here

Though I can't think of it right now

I made a promise when I left for the coast, twenty long years ago

I made a life out of chasing a ghost, twenty years takes its toll

I got along for a while, I guess, but it took everything I had

I gotta find a way out of this mess, I'm in trouble and it sure looks bad

I've a thought or two to share with you

But the dope tends to cloud my mind

I destroyed my health searching for myself

But there ain't nothing there to find

There's a debt or two I owe you

But the gambling left me poor

I put up my name in the sacred game

And forgot what I was playing for

I made a promise when I left for the coast, twenty long years ago

I made a life out of chasing a ghost, twenty years takes its toll

I got along for a while, I guess, but it took everything I had

I gotta find a way out of this mess, I'm in trouble and it sure looks bad

I gotta find a way out of this mess, I'm in trouble and it sure looks bad

I gotta find a way out of this mess, I went looking and it drove me mad

I gotta find a way out of this mess, I'm in trouble and it sure looks bad

I gotta find a way out of this mess, I ain't never seen you look so sad, yeah