Stacey Earle

Lyrics

Dedication
Mark Stuart Gearle Records/ Buoy Publishing

I almost hate to go back home
Somebody’s died every time I’ve been gone
I ain’t saying I don’t wanna know
It’s just that it brings me down so low

I’m out seeking my fortune in life
I’m too independent to have me a wife
A lot of folks wanna just settle down
Some don’t get to choose, they’re lowered to the ground

Sometimes it’s hard for a singer to be proud
With the same old failures and the drunken crowds
I suppose I could just turn around
That would be the same as shooting me down

I go out night after night
And, I wonder if I’m treating myself right
Woooo…Woooo…

One night I’ll dedicate my first song
To the ones with families, who worked all along
Now that years have passed since my tears have dried
My next song will go out to the ones who died

Then the audience will seem deaf
When the last song I do is dedicated to myself
They don’t wanna know what it’s like to be me
They’re not concerned, but, then why should they be

I go out night after night
And, I wonder if I’ve treated myself right
Woooo…Woooo…