Last Night

Hung over on the couch again

Feelin' like a fool don't you know I've been

Chasin' a dream and losing sleep

Just a victim of the hours I keep

In 29 days, I'll be 30 years old

Still ain't found a job that I can hold

But I've held on through thick and thin

To one thing that I believe in

Last night we had a pretty good crowd

They were tappin' their toes and singin' out loud

They heard every song we came to play

Well I lost track of time, but I suppose

We'd a played all night if that bar didn't close

Nights like that don't happen every day

I've played some dives where no one showed

I've made less than the bar tab I owed

Played for free and just for the booze

It's a little thing called payin' your dues

Those nights I got lost on my way home

And the nights I spent so all alone

Call on me from time to time

And end up in the words of a rhyme

I'd like to shut it down for a week

Rest up my voice, maybe get some sleep

But the chances of a vacation are slight

Tryin' to make a livin' playing music at night

So I spread my bills out on the floor

Choose the ones to pay and the ones to ignore

Tell myself it'll be alright

Pick up my guitar and begin to write