"The Beauty Way" lyrics

My daddy made a pretty damn good livin'
Playin' music on the beauty way
He's gonna die with some money in his pocket
Wish I could do the same today little darlin'
Wish I could do the same today

Wide eyed kid and a little transistor
Tuned into Wolfman Jack
I picked up a guitar, heard the sirens whisper
And I never looked back little darlin'
And I never looked back

I worked the clubs along the Sangre De Cristos
Polished a diamond in the rough
By the time I hit LA I was hotter than a pistol
But you're never hot enough little darlin'
You're never really hot enough

I felt the lights on the big, big stages
A fire burnin' in my soul
I had those nights where my guitar was ragin'
It's not somethin' you control little darlin'
It's not somethin' you control

Redtail divin' for a rat on sunset
Coyotes pickin' through the trash
I wish I was lyin' like a cat in the sun
'Stead of workin' like a dog for the cash little darlin'
I'm only workin' for the cash

Sometimes I wish I could unplug this cord
And my soul or my money I could save
But every time I say I'm gonna quit the beauty way
I feel my bones just turnin' in their grave little darlin'
Bones just turnin' in their grave