Shadows In The Dark - Waylon

Momma tried to make this house a home

Daddy drove a truck, somebody always told him where to go

We only saw him two times a week

Sometimes he needed days of sleep

But he was doing alright

They grew up poor, lived the best they could

Tried real hard, it didn’t do no good

So I took off on my road

A different road than my daddy drove

I was doing alright

Like a full steaming train, helping to lay my own track

Bring on the storms and the rain, ain’t nothing holding me back

Can’t nothing tame this wild gypsy heart

I lie in my own way, I’m chasing shadows in the dark

My brother signed up, said «Yes Sir» to them stripes

War has colour all brainwashed in their pride

And he came back all tired and mean, good days too few and far between

He said he’s doing alright

Like a full steaming train, helping to lay my own track

Bring on the storms and the rain, ain’t nothing holding me back

Can’t nothing tame this wild gypsy heart

I lie in my own way, I’m chasing shadows in the dark

Stories written in my blood, I was born and bound in

The fire raging in my soul, burning both sides of the candle

Like a full steaming train, helping to lay my own track

Bring on the storms and the rain, ain’t nothing holding me back

Can’t nothing tame this wild gypsy heart

I lie in my own way, I’m chasing shadows in the dark

Chasing shadows in the dark

Chasing shadows in the dark