I got Mary pregnant and man that's all she wrote. And for my 19th birthday, I got a union card and a factory coat.

They wanted to know why I did what I did. Well, sir I guess there's just meanness in the world.

I guess there's just a meanness in this world

Roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair. The night's busted open. These two lanes will take us anywhere.

The drummer in my first band was killed in Vietnam. He kind of signed up and joined the marines. Bart Hanes was his name. He was one of those guys that was jokin' all the time, always playin' the clown.

What if what you do to survive kills the things you love?

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true? Or is it something worse?