Sagacity Gone - Tim Barry

I went back to the corner store

To buy another round

I found a penny gone and picked it up

But it was faced head down

I represent all that’s wrong

And I resent the law

Cat tail below my rocking chair

I learned to spit before I could crawl

I think I need a hit of morphine

Just enough to ease my troubled mind

If I die a simple man of patience

Lord, I’ll be fine, yeah… yes, I’ll be fine

I went down to the river side

To sober up and rest my head

I got drunk there and stayed all day

Hooking bait without a catch

I never thought much on God before

And I’ll be gone before long

I asked him why he went and sent me here

To stink and reek upon all

They say another drink might kill me

But that’s god’s will, yeah, it’s my time

If I die a simple man of patience

Lord, I’ll be fine, yeah… yes, I’ll be fine

I think I need a hit of morphine

Just enough to ease my troubled mind

If I die a simple man of patience

Lord, I’ll be fine, yeah… yes, I’ll be fine