Sons of Bill Ballad of a Middle-aged Heartache Lyrics Sons Of Bill lyrics

Well I gave that pretty little woman the best years of my life
She made me sober up and settle down, I'd be a husband, she'd be a wife
And then she told me that she was leavin, that she was too young to settle down
I said "so you want the guy that I used to be before you came around"

She said "I'm sorry, honey, but this is goodbye" and she slowly closed the door
And I watched her as she sped away in my galaxy ford
Now I'm sittin all alone in a little pink house, surrounded by a picket fence
And I think it's 'bout time this good ol' boy found the devil in him once again

Chorus:
And it's gonna be a hell-raisin, h-heart breakin
Take one shot then keep on takin it
Hell-bent, Heaven-sent honky tonk Saturday night
And you can tell that jean-skirted Jezebelle
To help me go my bail

When they take me on downtown to the Tupelo County Jail

I'm gonna drive 'til I see the neon lights of the first bar I find
Pull up a stool and light a cigarette and drink myself completely blind
Put Hank Williams on the jukebox and I'll be shooting out the lights
yeah the pink house is long forgotten, the drunk tank's my new home tonight

Repeat Chorus

And you can tell that jean-skirted Jezebelle
To help me go my bail
When they take me on downtown to the Tupelo County Jail