Watching from the Safe Side (Remastered 2021)

I had a taco in Tijuana

I ate junk food in L.A

I lost my last shirt in Vegas

I sang the blues in Pittsburgh, PA

I had a love affair in Scottsdale

I got screwed down in Abilene

I went as far as mobile, Alabama

I saw the weirdest people that i ever seen

Now i’m watching from the safe side

I’m back in my hometown

I’d be a fool if i had a regret

But all the pain i had to watch

Is just tearin’ me down

I rode my Cadillac thru Texas

A greyhound bus to New Orleans

I saw the truth of blues in Clarksdale

And i got drunk in Memphis, Tennessee

I saw good folks starve in Philly

Scary prison camps in New York State

I met some white trash kids on the wrong side of town

And golf playing fools in a luscious estate

Now i’m watching from the safe side

I’m back in my hometown

I’d be a fool if i had a regret

But all the pain i had to watch

Is just tearin’ me down

I got my ass kicked in San Diego

The cops looked the other way

If you don’t live life like they want you to live

You better move on to San Francisco, ca

I saw the sunny side of Florida

I walked the backstreets of Baton Rouge

Met a homeless man in Chicago

The cracks of the city he’d fallen thru

Now i’m watching from the safe side

I’m back in my hometown

i’d be a fool if i had a regret

But all the pain i had to watch

Is just tearin’ me down

Now i’m watching from the safe side

I’m back in my hometown

i’d be a fool if i had a regret

But all the pain i had to watch

Is just tearin’ me down