James McMurtry - "If It Don’t Bleed" [Official Audio]

From the new album 'The Horses and the Hounds,' out August 20th (‪@NewWestRecords‬): http://newwst.com/horsesandhoundsID Vinyl + CD: http://newwst.com/horsesandhoundsID/n... Amazon: http://newwst.com/horsesandhoundsID/a... Apple Music: http://newwst.com/horsesandhoundsID/a... Spotify: http://newwst.com/horsesandhoundsID/s... Pandora: http://newwst.com/horsesandhoundsID/p... Tidal: http://newwst.com/horsesandhoundsID/t... Deezer: http://newwst.com/horsesandhoundsID/d... LYRICS: looking back down the road from a little ways 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’ve noticed, but I never did I never saw the future fading right into the past talking to the wallpaper, wandering 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 anyplace I’ve been but I wouldn’t get down on my knees on a bet I’m near enough to Jesus as I ever want to get seeking salvation isn’t part of my general plan (chorus) save 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 it don’t matter all that much if it don’t bleed if it don’t bleed 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) 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 talking to the wallpaper, sleeping in the hall bones get brittle so you better not fall you slow to a crawl and time gets to balling the jack run you right off the track (chorus) © 2021 New West Records