A Couple Acres Greener

I've never been so hungry,
 Seems like twenty-two years I've been looking for a fight
 Never stayed in school for long,
 Couldn't keep my patience on
 Never had the motivation quite to get my timimg right
 I want my story to begin
 There's a time to save up and a time to spend
 I'm too young for the past tense
 All this worrying about what might have been.
 Should have been a preacher man,
 Let the good book show me where to stand
 In this earthly half-way home
 Should have been a farmin' man,
 Teach my boy to plow the land
 Leave this wicked winter just a couple acres greener when I go.
 I've never been so thirsty to get my soul right
 But like a summer bug, I've been burned by the blinding light
 Never stayed in church for long, pop'lar peo'les 'n white folks songs
 Sunday morning was never as real as Fiday Night.
 I want to celebrate my sins
 There's a time to save up and a time to spend
 I'm too young for the past tense
 All this worrying about what might have been.
 Should have been a preacher man,
 Let the good book show me where to stand
 In this earthly half-way home
 Should have been a farmin' man,
 Teach my boy to plow the land
 Leave this wicked winter just a couple acres greener when I go
 Some day they'll write my name upon a stone
 And I won't be there to see it.
 Up on Calv'ry calling me I know they'll say...
 Should have been a preacher man,
 Let the good book show me where to stand
 In this earthly half-way home
 Should have been a farmin' man,
 Teach my boy to plow the land
 Leave this wicked winter just a couple acres greener when I go
 Should have been a preacher man,
 Let the good book show me where to stand
 In this earthly half-way home
 Should have been a farmin' man,
 Teach my boy to plow the land
 Leave this wicked winter just a couple acres greener when I go