Lifetime To Prove lyrics

My pockets are empty though my wife has sent me

To the store for some cigarettes and bread

I started walking there got as far as the square

Then the smell of beer went to my head

The thing about beer it can make a man hear

Voices from days long since past

And with every third drink it`ll make you think

That your youth will always last

No matter which way you move it takes a lifetime to prove

To yourself I could have been more

I got one foot in the door I just want one more



I thought of a time when my future was mine

It didn`t matter what anyone said

I was handsome and strong and when I walked along

I stood erect and looked straight ahead

But then I lost my fight goin` to turned to might

Somewhere along the line I lost my will

And now I`m sittin` here my life full of beer

And I try to pretend it`s not real

No matter which way you move it takes a lifetime to prove

To yourself I have been before

I got one foot in the door I just want one more

[ guitar ]

These days I barely survive on lot number five

In the mobile acres on the eastside of town

I swore this kind of life I`d never lead

I guess I let too many things get me down

If my pappy could see what they done to me

I swear he`d march down there and make it all right

But he`s long since gone and I`m old enough now

I should be able to fight my own fight

No matter which way you move it takes a lifetime to prove

To yourself I could have been more

I got one foot in the door I just want one more
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