I'd Rather Have Nothing (Live)

I'll do one more here, acoustic

This is a song-, it's one of the first songs I wrote

My brother had a shirt when I was young, that said "Port Aransas" on it

I guess he came down here a long time ago

I thought, "Man, what a cool town name"

So I put it in a song and, uh, got to play it

And, uh, Garth Brooks recorded it back in-

Ah, when was that? '96

And it didn't make the final cut of the album

And I'd already spent that money about 30, 40 different ways

But he finally released it, he put out a box set in 2005

And there's an album called "The Lost Sessions" on it

And that was nice, nice couple of months we lived after that

But, uh, here's this tune

Well, I jumped in a car and I headed for Kansas

Mornin' found me in Port Aransas

Sippin' on rum, and soakin' up sun

Well, I'd never been good at keepin' direction

Schedules are one of life's worst infections, and I strongly believe

That I'd rather have nothin'

Than a whole lot of somethin' I don't need

Oh, I'd rather have nothin'

Than a whole lot of somethin' that don't suit the life that I lead

Material things, and all that money brings

Well, it must be for some other breed

And life ain't about the worries and doubts

Comes with the lust and the greed

And I'd rather have nothin'

Than a whole lot of somethin' I don't need

So I spent that evenin' in a tavern in town

With a bunch of my new friends my money brought round

And I told 'em 'bout you

And all the hell we've been through

Yeah, everyone there had a similar story

Years full of tears and of heartache and worry

We all agreed

That we'd rather have nothin'

Than a whole lot of somethin' we don't need

Oh, I'd rather have nothin'

Than a whole lot of somethin' that don't suit the life that I lead

Material things, and all that wealth brings

Well, it must be for some other breed

Yeah, life ain't about all the worries and doubts

Comes with the lust and the greed

And I'd rather have nothin'

Than a whole lot of somethin' I don't need

Oh, I'd rather have nothin'

Than a whole lot of somethin' I don't need

Thank you, Mr. Brooks (yeah, whoo! Whoo!)

Where are you, daughter o' mine?