Last Night

Hung over on the couch again
 Feelin' like a fool don't you know I've been
 Chasin' a dream and losing sleep
 Just a victim of the hours I keep
 In 29 days, I'll be 30 years old
 Still ain't found a job that I can hold
 But I've held on through thick and thin
 To one thing that I believe in
 Last night we had a pretty good crowd
 They were tappin' their toes and singin' out loud
 They heard every song we came to play
 Well I lost track of time, but I suppose
 We'd a played all night if that bar didn't close
 Nights like that don't happen every day
 I've played some dives where no one showed
 I've made less than the bar tab I owed
 Played for free and just for the booze
 It's a little thing called payin' your dues
 Those nights I got lost on my way home
 And the nights I spent so all alone
 Call on me from time to time
 And end up in the words of a rhyme
 I'd like to shut it down for a week
 Rest up my voice, maybe get some sleep
 But the chances of a vacation are slight
 Tryin' to make a livin' playing music at night
 So I spread my bills out on the floor
 Choose the ones to pay and the ones to ignore
 Tell myself it'll be alright
 Pick up my guitar and begin to write