Cigarettes and stomach pumps
Pills scattered across the floor
A picture above the dresser door
Trying hard to give up fast
Hoping hard that I wouldn't last
Speeding down a one way track
With Pearl Jam and Kerouac
Minor chords and Mary Jane
Glenlivet and killing pain
Razors stabbing in the wrist
Teardrops on virgin lips
Begging Mama to let me go
Mama wouldn't do that though
Screaming loud into the sky
With minor chords and bloodshot eyes
I made it through the darkness
I made it through the brush
Fought all those monsters
I swore I'd never touch
And now here before me
I never dreamt I'd see
My toes in the green grass
Of the back 40
You never know how far you'll go
When you're crawling down a gravel road
Blood keeps flowing like tick of time
And suddenly you find
You made it through the darkness
You made it through the brush
Fought all those monsters
You swore you'd never touch
And then there before you
You never dreamt you'd see
Your toes in the green grass
Of the back 40
