(Verse)
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So just why they called this happy hour
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Well I feel like crying out loud
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¡®Cause if we called it cheap drinks for losers, Joe said
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We wouldn¡¯t have much of a crowd
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(Verse)
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On a barstool sits a man with a guitar in his hand
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And he¡¯s mixing up the blues
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Said metaphors and boots
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And his version of the truth is barely any proof
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He¡¯s just trying to raise a ramp where he used to raise the roof
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(Verse)
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And the places that he plays these days
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Are filled with empty chairs
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And the stations that once played his songs
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Are long gone off the air
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Stacks of unsold A Tracks sit on his trailer floor
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And the places that he used to pack
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Have closed their swinging doors
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(Chorus)
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Silver hair and silver wings, hear the saddle cowboy sing
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For the lights and would you catch a falling star?
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On the goal of one big hit
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Now it¡¯s strictly drinks and tips for which he sings
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Silver hair and silver wings
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(Verse)
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And he dreams that he¡¯s back at that 3 teardrops tavern
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And he¡¯s laughing with Little John and Boone
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Adored by the best looking women in Dallas
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They knew every word of every tune
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(Verse)
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But the whiskey stained his portrait and graveled up his mind
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But his voice still sounds like glass packs on sweet ol¡¯ 59
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Some folks think he¡¯s stubborn
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Some say he just can¡¯t say
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The difference between quittin and knowin when to leave
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(Chorus)
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Silver hair and silver wings, hear the saddle cowboy sing
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For the lights and would you catch a falling star?
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On the goal of one big hit
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Now it¡¯s strictly drinks and tips for which he sings
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Silver hair and silver wings
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(Bridge)
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And he cries 3 little teardrops for some damn ol¡¯ bar room
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Closed 15 years ago
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And he¡¯s heartsick and lonesome
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And he¡¯s stuck on that road sign
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And years are beginning to show
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(Verse)
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In each man there¡¯s a heart
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And this man bares a head
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Wasn¡¯t all that smart
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The others half near dead
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As he signs he chokes down
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The tears of a clown
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And he feels like that joke has been going well around
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(Chorus)
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Silver hair and silver wings, hear the saddle cowboy sing
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For the lights and would you catch a falling star?
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On the goal of one big hit
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Now it¡¯s strictly drinks and tips for which he sings
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Silver hair and silver wings
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Silver hair and silver wings
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Silver Hair And Silver Wings
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| Chris Wall |
