"One Short Go From Gold" lyrics

It gets late quick out there
I'm watching the smoke choke out the air
You haven't seen me here
I'm out in the main street
I'm selling fear

I was once a reckless son
Abandoned by those who don't like to run
And if I'm telling the truth
There ain't four walls that hold me like forty proof

I'm one short go from gold
And can't figure out which way to go
My heart says hustle, get down quick
My mind says stop why are you doing this?

Town to town
State to state
Don't know my address
Don't know my wage
But I know someday I'm gonna make it
And these vivid winning dreams
Watch another young dog rip through the seams
And I'm just a journeyman looking for money in the damned arena sand

But I'm one short go from gold
Can't figure out which way to go
My heart says hustle, get down quick
My mind says stop why are you doing this?
Another day, another horse
Another one to pave the course
Feeding a family one by one
From money I got from not getting undone
A saddle, chaps and rosin bags
I'll take the rankest bucking nag
That rolls my way of my damned chute
As I give him all of my Bairstow boots

It gets late quick out there
I'm watching the smoke choke out the air