Pin Hits The Shell by Drive-by Truckers
Pin Hits The Shell lyrics
You can lie to your Mama, you can lie to your race
but you can�t lie to nobody with that cold steel in your face.
And the same God that you�re so afraid is gonna send you to hell
is the same one you�re gonna answer to when the pin hits the shell.
Your sister�s been blaming everybody.
I don�t blame her, man, I guess I�d blame them too
if you was my brother, man, I�d probably stand by you.
But you ain�t, man, so I got to go my way.
And I ain�t gonna crawl upon no high horse
Cause I got thrown off of one
when I was young and I ain�t no cowboy
so I ain�t going where I don�t belong.
It wouldn�t do you no good to let you know that it damned near killed me too
so I ain�t gonna mourn for you, man, now that you�re gone.
Me and you, we liked our pills and our whiskey.
But you don�t want your head full of either one when
the house gets quiet and dark.
Having fun used to be so damned easy,
racing trains from 2nd Street to Avalon.
Take a trip down memory lane,
You don�t see no friendly faces
all the houses have been painted and
nobody knows your name.
It�s enough to make a man not want
to be nobody�s Daddy,
when all he thinks he�s got left to hand down is guilt and shame.
And I ain�t gonna crawl upon no high horse........
You can lie to your Mama, you can lie to your race
but you can�t lie to nobody with that cold steel in your face.
And the same God that you�re so afraid is gonna send you to hell
is the same one you�re gonna answer to when the pin hits the shell.
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