Wishbones - Slaid Cleaves

Day after day after

Trying to understand

Why the world tries to grind you down

Make a ghost out of a man

Your debt of grace is due

And you’ve pawned everything you own

I guess some dreams just don’t come true

Nothin' left but skin and wishbones

Each year the world gets lonelier

And uglier with sin

You’ll never see those blue skies

Through young eyes again

You’ve prayed to every god you’ve known

Just to wind up all alone

Your friends are gone, your mama’s dead

Nothin' left but skin and wishbones

Spin the bottle cap

Throw a shot back

Everything’s gonna be all right

Spin the bottle cap

Throw a shot back

Cough and cry, lay down and die

Grab an end, hold on tight

Bottles and bones in the night

You’ll never go back home

You old wishbone

Can’t eat, can’t sleep, can’t think

Not knowing where to go

This is real life, brother

This ain’t no reality show

If suffering is human

Well, I guess we’re not alone

You’ll survive on next to nothing

But you won’t live on skin and wishbones

Spin the bottle cap

Throw a shot back

Everything’s gonna be all right

Spin the bottle cap

Throw a shot back

Cough and cry, lay down and die

Make a wish upon a star tonight

Everything’s gonna be alright

Spin the bottle cap

Throw a shot back

Cough and cry, lay down and die

Grab an end, hold on tight

Bottles and bones in the night

You’ll never go back home

You old wishbone

Grab an end, hold on tight

Breaking bottles and bones in the night

You’ll never go back home

You old wishbone