James McMurtry - If It Don’t Bleed lyrics

[Verse 1] Lookin' back down the road from a little way's out I never had a fear and I never had a doubt If I'd had a lick of sense I'd have figured that out pretty fast But I wasn't any smarter than the average kid Somebody might have noticed but I never did I never saw the future fadin' right into the past [Verse 2] Talkin' to the wallpaper wanderin' the halls I burned a lot of bridges and I dropped a lot of balls It's a wonder I can ever go back to any place I've been But I wouldn't get down on my knees on a bed I'm near enough to Jеsus as I ever wanna get Seekin' salvation isn't part of my gеneral plan [Chorus] Say your prayers for yourself, I raise my glass to your health I don't mind if you don't look like me I can share my bread and wine, I come from another time And it don't matter all that much if it don't bleed If it don't bleed [Verse 3] Now it's all I can do just to get out of bed There's more in the mirror than there is up ahead I smile and I nod like I heard what you said every time So run another rack, pour another shot You don't get it back so give it all you got While you still got a more or less functional body and mind [Chorus] Say your prayers for yourself, I raise my glass to your health I don't mind if you don't look like me I can share my bread and wine, I come from another time And it don't matter all that much if it don't bleed If it don't bleed [Verse 4] I learned to answer my calls and open my mail I paid my taxes and I stayed out of jail You stay in the game when you're too broke to fail, that's a fact Talkin' to the wallpaper, sleepin' in the halls Bones get brittle so you better not fall You slow to a crawl and time gets to ballin' the jack Run you right off of the track [Chorus] Say your prayers for yourself, I raise my glass to your health I don't mind if you don't talk like me I can share my bread and wine, I come from another time And it don't matter all that much if it don't bleed If it don't bleed If it don't bleed If it don't bleed If it don't bleed