karen jonas – drunken dreamer lyrics
[verse 1]
troubled dreamer always singing the blues
your mama’s eyes in your daddy’s shoes
maybe you never should have moved so far from tennessee
haunted by drugs and sweet tea
[verse 2]
dapper dreamer with your vintage looks
h+rn+rimmed glasses and your history books
you told us the ways of truckers and the trains
the desolate son of a famous man
[chorus]
slippin’ down the hill again
slidin’ down low again
[verse 3]
drunken dreamer with a bl++dy nose
lost in the sadness of the songs that you wrote
it’s a pit that we all peer into sometimes
and try to back away real slow
[verse 4]
tragic dreamer always said you would go
angels calling your star+crossed soul
every needle in the haystack, every motel on the road
you said it yourself, you’d never win
[chorus]
slippin’ down the hill again
slidin’ down low again
[bridge]
you were chasing down that dreamer’s high
the fickle love of the sweet spotlight
i know what that’s like
i know what that’s like
you warned us all a hundred times
you’d drown or lose or give up your fight
well, godspeed, my friend
godspeed tonight
[verse 5]
broken dreamer, stagger on the stage
call up your wife and get clean again
it seemed like you’d finally beaten that game
when nashville’s hopelessness called your name
[verse 6]
blue+eyed dreamer fell one last time
the lonely shadows of an august night
i hope you found peace, freedom at last
from all the troubles you had
[chorus]
slippin’ down the hill again
slidin’ down low again
slippin’ down the hill again
slidin’ down low again