Well, I am drunk on the Texas whine or the Lone Star's charm.
Where the day old Catalina gets me through...the ride downtown.
And the dark man asks me where I stay and I don't feel no harm.
And I take his soul right up to God and forget my own.
And when my tongue is silent I weep like a child
And if my words are clumsy, just hold me for a while
And if my heart is hollow, it'd be hard for me to hide
How I wish that I could swallow my goddam pride
The amber burns my lips and tongue and then I speak my mind
It's lovely how the rain washes my bones of their guilty stains
But the age-old problem still remains - if I fight alone
It's funny how giving it all away brings it all back home
And if my hands are freezin', they'll warm in time
When my mind is wanderin', have faith, my child
And if I'm hard to follow, I'm layin' it on the line
How I wish that I could swallow my goddam pride
I just wish that I could swallow my goddam pride
