Well he said Hey, Mister can you tell me how far A walk it is to the nearest bar So I can turn around and run the other way? Got a tendency to tie one on If stupid was a shirt my sleeves would be long Im never too far from making my next mistake Because its hard to outrun the devil when hes sittin on your shoulders And you cant feel the warmer side of life if your worlds gettin colder You know Im gonna be a better man for it when my dark days are over But its hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel this side of sober He said, yeah, Im a God fearing hard working man But put the wrong thing in my hand And Im a back slider dyin down a dead end road It all started with my first sip of beer Its all a blur how it got from there to here And twelve steps feels like a million more miles to go But yeah its hard to outrun the devil when hes sittin on your shoulders And you cant feel the warmer side of life if your worlds gettin colder You know Im gonna be a better man for it when my dark days are over But its hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel this side of sober I paid for my coffee and we stepped out into the night And he said, if I can just make it home today will make twentynine But yeah its hard to outrun the devil when hes sittin on your shoulders And you cant feel the warmer side of life if your worlds gettin colder You know Im gonna be a better man for it when my dark days are over But its hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel this side of sober This side of sober Yeah, he said, hey mister can you tell me how far A walk it is to the nearest bar So I can turn around and run the other way
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