Some Folks Are Dying To Live Like This - Mel McDaniel

They see our Silver Eagle slowing down

We pull in a diesel up and folks all gather round

They know we’re from Nashville and they wonder who it is

Some folks are dying to live like this

Tonight we play in Austin at the JC Rodeo

Then it’s eat and sleep away the many miles still at the go

There’s a TV show in Charleston we can’t afford to miss

Some folks are dying to live like this

They can’t see the storm for the stars in their eyes

They think this life is one big bed of roses

They don’t see the troubles of the problems in our lives

That don’t start until the curtain closes

Some folks are dying to live like this

I see some good friends wasted from the things they drink and take

They’re high and low and in between and waitin' for the break

That old healing hand of time Lord is turning to the fist

Some folks are dying to live like this

They can’t see the storm for the stars in their eyes

They think this life is one big bed of roses

They don’t see the troubles of the problems in our lives

That don’t start until the curtain closes

Some folks are dying to live like this

I guess that’s life but I can’t help but wonder why it is

Some folks are dying to live like this