Casualties

I got a cracked windshield and Mardi Gras beads
 Some trucker hats and old hotel keys
 We got a dash, full of trash and other bands CD's
 Got a cracked windshield and Mardi Gras beads
 Breaking points and broken guitar strings
 We bet big and we lost everything
 Damn near wasted all our twenties chasing down a dream
 Now we're all breaking points and broken guitar strings
 We ain't ever gonna make it, like I thought we would
 So why can't we just pack it up
 And say we did the best we could?
 I used to be a decent man, then life just took its toll
 Now I'm just a casualty of rock and roll
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 Closing time and opening bands
 A different town, same old one night stands
 Another midnight muse in cowboy boots with X's on her hands
 Closing time and opening bands
 It's like playing a game you know you'll never win
 You're down to your last hand and you're all in
 Then a turn of luck and you double up, just to bet it all again
 You see we're playing a game we know we'll never win
 We ain't ever gonna make it, like I thought we would
 So why can't we just pack it up
 And say we did the best we could?
 I shoulda been a doctor or a lawyer, or a policeman on patrol
 Instead I'm a casualty of rock and roll
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 Tell my mama and my daddy that I tried
 Tell all my friends and family goodbye
 'Cause if the road is where you live boy
 The road is where you'll die
 Tell my mama and my daddy that I tried
 We ain't ever gonna make it, like I thought we would
 So why can't we just pack it up
 And say we did the best we could?
 I gave my heart to the highway, she returned it full of holes
 We're just casualties of rock and roll
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