[Verse 1] Some bowlegged cowboy from a long line of losing Had washed up on the city shore He was once a proud puncher Now a TV dinner luncher Another knot in the board Called him Stray Dog Hes the shadow of the man That he once was before Now hes just another cog Weeping at the bar For all his pain endured [Chorus] When your brake fluids leaking And them tires get rolling Seldom do you stand and stay Theres a life of hard truth With a bucket full of lies Thats all heading your way Rocking and a rolling on a long way down Trucking toward the end of the day These burns on your back The stains on your hat Its all fading away, its all fading away [Verse 2] He talked me up and down about them Broncs he used to buck Were talking the PRCA But I was taking it all with the grains of salt I saw deposited in his brain cuz sometimes what you need Is another mind to listen To your lattice of pure disdain Its all out over in as your heart starts to spin And rises to a higher place [Chorus] When your brake fluids leaking And them tires get rolling Seldom do you stand and stay Theres a life of hard truth With a bucket full of lies Thats all heading your way Rocking and a rolling on a long way down Trucking toward the end of the day These burns on your back The stains on your hat Its all fading away, its all fading away [Verse 3] He stumbled on back to his one room cell Just a couple blocks down the way You know hed trade that all for a bunk house in the country Built from straw and clay But choices hed made And the chances hed take All walked him to the end of the line Back then the ranch was just money Now the moneys gone Its a thousand empty bottles of wine, a thousand empty bottles of wine [Chorus] When your brake fluids leaking And them tires get rolling Seldom do you stand and stay Theres a life of hard truth With a bucket full of lies Thats all heading your way Rocking and a rolling on a long way down Trucking toward the end of the day These burns on your back The stains on your hat Its all fading away, its all fading away
fading, rolling, fluid, trucking, leaking