Roughneck Remedy

Crack a bottle on a back road, yeah

Tailgate, six strings singin'

Momma tried, bend those guitar strings

It's my roughneck remedy

Lately I've been smokin', drinkin', feelin' like the shit was sinkin'

Trouble falls like rain, and lately, boy, I tell you, it's been pouring

Partner went in overdose, momma died, I came real close

Made a little money but the bills are due so I'm still broke

But I'ma get it, yeah, I'm gonna get it

Hard to trust a soul, feel like the whole world's out to get you

They say I can't pop pills no more, alcoholic hit the store

The liquor kills the pain that I keep deep down dark inside my soul

Tried to cope and heal my scars, bourbon in them mason jars

Home became them late night bars, drinkin', drivin', crashin' cars

Momma told me, "Bubba, keep it real, don't ever cause confusion"

Roughneck on a rebel road, put my life inside the music

Crack a bottle on a back road, yeah

Tailgate, six strings singin'

Momma tried, bend those guitar strings

It's my roughneck remedy

Roll it up and I'm smokin', yeah

Empty beer cans, crickets singin'

Life's tough, the only way I can think

Is my roughneck remedy

Life has shown me way too often loyalty has been forgotten

Percocets and OxyContins, in too deep, there ain't no stoppin'

Prison was a fucked up place, I held my own, I made my way

I wrote the songs you hear today, the lyrics are my resume

Love my kids but I've been gone, made mistakes, I did things wrong

Need a chance before they grown, make amends, it's been so long

But I love 'em from afar, rockin' shows, breakin' guitars

Never thought I'd be a star, white boy from the trailer park

Life done had it's up and downs, put the pain inside my sound

Add a Royal Apple Crown, pop another, wash it down

Flashin' lights all in my face, don't need a drink, I need a case

Another road where I can think and reminisce on better days

Crack a bottle on a back road, yeah

Tailgate, six strings singin'

Momma tried, bend those guitar strings

It's my roughneck remedy

Roll it up and I'm smokin', yeah

Empty beer cans, crickets singin'

Life's tough, the only way I can think

Is my roughneck remedy

Crack a bottle on a back road

Grab your six strings, singin' from my soul

I ain't a perfect man, I'm a regular fella

Bloody Nova's from them dark days, fightin' the Devil

Monkey in the cage, had to get 'em from the back

On a windin' road, next to the train tracks

Sippin' a six pack, havin' a flash back

Barbed wire fences, jail bars and nap sacks

Never forget the one last cigarette

The restlessness and the late night cold sweats

Changed my mind set, 'cause I ain't done yet

Guitar gonna be 'round the good old sunset

Crack a bottle on a back road, yeah

Tailgate, six strings singin'

Momma tried, bend those guitar strings

It's my roughneck remedy

Roll it up and I'm smokin', yeah

Empty beer cans, crickets singin'

Life's tough, the only way I can think

Is my roughneck remedy