Strikes and Gutters - Yarn

I woke up this morning

Feeling strikes and gutters

Like I’ve been told

And I know I’ve had a hard one

When I start quoting Rex Moroux

It’s a hard life

But it;s my life

And it’s the only one I know

Last night I made love to a woman

I ain’t never seen before

My bedroom tells a story

Of a long and lonely night

So I read on

The white residue empty bottles too

Tell me all I need to know

It’s so hard to stay away

When a lonely night turns to colder days

A bitter man doesn’t seem to have no say

Strikes and gutters pave the way

I did my best not to hurt her

And I told her that I must

Be getting on

She moved quick like lightning

And with one blink

She was off and gone

I guess she knows the rules

She knows the game

She knows how it goes

When you’re alone

Why can’t I settle down

And meet somebody

That don’t make my heart

Feel like stone

It’s so hard to stay away

When a lonely night turns to colder days

A bitter man doesn’t seem to have no say

Strikes and gutters pave the way

It’s so hard to make a change

When all I done was live this way

A bitter man don’t seem to have no shame

When strikes and gutters pave the way