One Hell of a Trip

Lyrics

Verse 1
I was born in a hard rain
Back when the mills still breathed
Forty years of mud on my boots
And trouble at my knees
I watched the winter take my town
Board by board and bone by bone
Now I count the names I lost
Like pennies in a phone

Pre-Chorus
Here it is, twenty twenty-six
And the mirror looks like me
A wrecked-up man with burnt-out eyes
And a hand that won't let free

Chorus
It's been one hell of a trip
(one hell of a trip)
I've been dragged through the ditch
(one hell of a trip)
Five lifetimes in thirty years
And I'm still standing here

Verse 2
My son's don't call me anymore
They keep their distance clean
Said I was a house full of thunder
And a fist inside the dream
Most of my people are in the ground
Or scattered with the dust
I keep their pictures in a cigar box
And a prayer that I can't trust

Pre-Chorus
Here it is, twenty twenty-six
And the world don't look the same
Ash on the courthouse steps
And hell still knows my name

Chorus
It's been one hell of a trip
(one hell of a trip)
I've been dragged through the ditch
(one hell of a trip)
Five lifetimes in thirty years
And I'm still standing here

Bridge
If you find me on the back road
By the fence where the weeds run high
Don't ask me for a clean excuse
I ran out of alibis
I made my bed in the wreckage
I slept with my mistakes
But I'm alive, I'm alive
And that's a hard thing to fake

Chorus
It's been one hell of a trip
(one hell of a trip)
I've been dragged through the ditch
(one hell of a trip)
Five lifetimes in thirty years
And I'm still standing here