Mechanical Bull

Took a few years to get here, brother

Greens are greener in the heat of summer

Calmness on this evenin' seems a drug

Graham and Lucas are having kids while

Steve's busy raising his

While I climb out a hole I never dug

Likely there's a spot, twenty minutes or so

We used to get wasted, ridin' rodeo

Now it's all mechanical bull

Are the old ways dead or livin' in my head?

There's a smile on a photo, catchin' dust in your old apartment

Are the old ways dead, livin' in my head?

It's all veneer and up from here, so take a rest

So I'll set off runnin' like I said I's gonna

And find another rodeo

I'm a mechanical bull

Throw a quarter and watch me go

And I get a little sad in the evenings

Knowin' I'll never get a beatin'

Like being young and dumb again in this life's long rodeo

Maybe I'll move to Texas, let my soul grow bored and restless

And learn to rope and ride like Le Gros

Maybe I'll learn the mando' and to pick a banjo too

Ride all night on the highways like Two-Show

Are the old ways dead, livin' in my head?

There's a smile on a photo, catchin' dust in your old apartment

Are the old ways dead or livin' in my head?

It's all veneer and up from here, so take a rest

It's all veneer and up from here, so take a rest

It's all veneer and up from here, so take a rest

Took a few years to get here, brother

Greens are greener in the heat of summer

Calmness on this evenin' seems a drug