Better Than This

A hot desert sun

A man on the run

I've been sleepin' 'neath the stars in Arizona

How a gunfighter works hard to be a loner

A dry, empty land

The shell of a man

'Cause I remember how it rained in Chattanooga

Before this pistol came and changed the life I knew of

Didn't I used to be better than this

A bright-eyed youth and a

A bold optimist

Now all my colors have been thrown to the wind

And I used to be

Better than this

A wide-open plain

Have I finally lost my way

I heard coyotes howling somewhere north of Texas

Got me thinkin' how it's time to clean my messes

And didn't I used to be better than this

A bright-eyed youth and a

A bold optimist

Now all my colors have been thrown to the wind

'Cause I remember how it rained in Chattanooga

Before this pistol came and changed the life I knew of

And I know that it gets better than this

There's somethin' real behind this newfound optimism

I turn my collar up and step into the wind

And I used to be

Better than this