The Last American lyrics
all songs written by Ryan Culwell except Heaven Everywhere I go (Culwell/Ethan Ballinger) and I Have A Dream (Culwell/Seth Wieck)
Can You Hear Me
6EQ UJ5
is anybody out there alive
can you hear me
can you hear me
out on the highway
on the dark side of the moon
I got my wheels spinnin’
can you hear me
bang real loud and get down low
make a little love on the radio
dial it in boys and let it ride
send a little call out to heaven tonight
can you hear me
can you hear me
Evel Knievel at my back door
I got a panda in a 4x4
can you hear me
can you hear me
I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe
I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe
I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe
can you hear me
can you hear me
bang real loud and get down low
make a little love on the radio
dial it in boys and let it ride
send a little call out to heaven tonight
can you hear me
can you hear me
there in the feedback
I thought I had it
somebody call back
it’s only static
bang bang bang
can you hear it in the back
it’s bang bang bang
can you hear in the back
bang bang bang
there’s a shotgun singing
it’s bang bang bang
let it keep on ringing
bang bang bang
gonna keep on banging
bang bang bang
can anybody hear me
bang real loud and get down low
make a little love on the radio
dial it in boys and let it ride
send a little call out to heaven tonight
can you hear me
can you hear me?
it’s threes and eightsa
can you hear me
Dig a Hole
buy a rope
climb a chair
tie a knot
get dropped
if you do not have a knot in your pocket
when the stock market dropped
I said drop it
you put the money in gold
buy a safe and lock it
I ain’t talkin to the banker no more
I got no new friends
what the hell I need em for
well I’m sitting underground
on a gold bar
I got the whole damn thing
lit up like a farm
hard times ain’t fair
hard times who cares
fair is for fairies
I got all the rice and beans I could possibly carry
at the end of the world man
I aint sharing
with the Imam, the President, or John Kerry
they can all get a shovel
and get buried
dig a hole in the ground
dig a hole in the ground
dig a hole in the ground
dig a hole in the ground
dig a hole dig a hole
well it ain’t the promise land
goddang I guess it’ll do
it’s hard to fight a giant
when the bombs in his shoe
he’s livin next door
and he looks like you
if everybody’s good
I got a good idea too
we can tie em to a rocket
just send em to the moon
dig a hole in the ground
dig a hole in the ground
dig a hole in the ground
dig a hole in the ground
dig a hole
I got a gun, got a shovel, got a shell
I got a gun, got a shovel, got a shell
they can all go to hell
they can all go to hell
dig a hole in the ground
dig a hole in the ground
dig a hole in the ground
dig a hole in the ground
dig a hole dig a hole
The Last American
I’m the last American
on this earth
I’d like to quit this talkin
get back to work
you don’t understand me
that’s cause we are not the same
you may recognize me
but you don’t know my name
I got my old man’s heart
and a broke down Chevrolet
I took this job
cause they need the hands
I got mouths to feed
and I’m a man
you can have anything you want
this is the land of the free
I got everything I asked for
on the day I turned sixteen
I got my old man’s heart
and a broke down Chevrolet
oh, you can’t take it any longer
oh, what don’t kill you
makes you jump into your car and drive away
if you ever wonder what makes some men stay
I got my old man’s heart
and a broke down Chevrolet
see I was born
on the edge of town
you wouldn’t know it
there’s a school there now
they tell em you can be anything you want
and I believe that’s a fact
but what you give away
you ain’t never gettin back
I got my old man’s heart
and a broke down Chevrolet
guess I’ll vote the ticket
like i always do
if I can figure out
who to stick it to
you can keep asking your questions
if you think it’s going to help
do I believe in God
mr you go straight to hell
I got my old man’s heart
and a broke down Chevrolet
Moon Hangs Down
moon hangs down over my town
over my town that moon hangs down
moon hangs down over my town
nothing good gonna come for me
there’s a dirty little house at the end of the road
at the end of the road where I was born
dirty little house at the end of the road
nothing good gonna come for me
there’s a pretty little girl lying in the bed
lying in the bed trying to go to sleep
a pretty little girl lying in the bed
nothing good gonna come for me
so what the wine don’t reach the top of my cup
it’s easy for a poor man to get real good and drunk
lie on your back you know there ain’t no way but up
aint no way but up
there’s three little birds flying through the air
flying the air trying to get away
four little birds flying through the air
nothing good gonna come for me
takes one little cloud to block out the sun
to block out the sun takes one little cloud
one little cloud to block out the sun
nothing good gonna come for me
cause the moon hangs down over my town
over my town that moon hangs down
moon hangs down over my town
nothing good gonna come for me
so what the wine don’t reach the top of my cup
it’s easy for a poor man to get real good and drunk
lie on your back you know there ain’t no way but up
there ain’t no way but up
and when I get called up
I hope I’m real good and drunk
and I stumble to your table
watch you fill my cup
Heaven Everywhere I Go
we made a move in the muddy moonlight
but babe you couldn’t run in that dress
you thought if you dropped in the water the cop couldn’t spot you
come on baby you’re in over your head now get down
get down
you were crying when you came up for breath
you said I’m sorry but I’m such a mess
that’s all right
I dropped the money when we jumped in the water honey
but I can see through your dress
I’d do anything to see through that dress
I see heaven everywhere I go
heaven everywhere I go
I could smile in hell
that’s just the way I roll
I find heaven everywhere I go
I can hear the hound dog calling me
chasing me to God knows where
I had a redbone when I was a child and
that sound takes me right back there
remember how I used to keep you out all night
and your daddy he would get so pissed
knew there was trouble at the end of the line girl
don’t that remind you of this
I’d do anything to feel like this
heaven everywhere I go
heaven everywhere I go
I could smile in hell
that’s just the way I roll
I find heaven everywhere I go
the judge with a book in my face
said you’re a danger to yourself boy
and to everyone else (x2)
oh man what a beautiful world
oh man what a beautiful world
and I see heavens on a tear tonight
even down in hell shining bright
heaven everywhere i go
heaven everywhere I go
I could smile in hell
that’s just the way I roll
heaven everywhere I go
heaven everywhere that I go
heaven everywhere I go
Fucked Up Too
what you gonna do with a wounded god
gonna tie that dish rag over his heart
bind his hands let him out to dark
wander aimless ‘neath the stars
shoulda killed him but you can’t stand blood
what you gonna do with a wounded god
what you gonna do with a wolf can’t smile
call him a rabbit if he’d only try
as things lay I guess you skin his hide
hang him out to dry
I don’t think thats gonna teach him how
what you gonna do with a wolf can’t smile
you never dreamed that I would lay my head down anywhere else
I never dreamed that I would look at you and not see myself
we ain’t dreamed for the last ten years
we just laid real still
what you gonna do when I find love
gonna break my name and clean up the blood
bury that pain by saying I’m fucked
you’re fucked up too
I didn’t mean to go fall in love but
what you gonna do
what you gonna do
Nobody Loves You
if you’ve got a mountain you can climb
to the top and jump inside
look around but you won’t find
them diamonds you been looking for
the world is just a coal mine
nobody’s ever gonna love you
nobody’s ever gonna love you
like I do now
like I do now
now take a walk around the house
you find those pictures pull ‘em out
from the top of the closet when you take off the lid
we’ll just stand there laughing we were just some stupid kids
nobody’s ever gonna love you
nobody’s ever gonna love you
like I do now
nobody’s ever gonna love you
like I do now
after all these years if you can’t find no one better
hell I’m good at what I do
cause I’ve been loving you forever
after all these years and the time you spent away
you know you can come back to me
I love you just the same
nobody’s ever gonna love you
nobody’s ever gonna love you
like i do now
like I do now
Dog’s Ass
I’ll be with you in the mornin
Imma gonna drive all night
deliver myself by the
cradle of the dashboard lights
when I get back home
gonna dig down low
count up all we got
from all my years of gettin gone
I could drive faster
we’d still be stuck
I know you’re tired
no sense in waitin up
honey the dog’s ass could use a little sun
if this old life don’t shine
Imma buy you a better one
honey disconnect the phone
I know they’re callin all day and all night
they say I owe a little money
but they act like I owe my life
when I get back home
gonna dig a hole
bury them sons a bitches
some place that no one will ever know
I could drive faster
we’d still be stuck
I know you’re tired
no sense in waitin up
honey the dog’s ass could use a little sun
if this old life don’t shine
Imma buy you a better one
pull down on the come-a-long tighten the load
I got a little cheater pipe and vial of coke
scratchin out a log book as I go
I got another one hidden in the passenger door
moving too fast to come back home
before I roll into town I better have a little smoke
I could drive faster
we’d still be stuck
I know you’re tired
no sense in waitin up
honey the dog’s ass
could use a little sun
if this old life don’t shine
Imma buy you a better one
I Have A Dream
I have a dream
how we gonna get free
how we gonna get free
I have a dream
I was saved by the knife
I got saved by the night
I got saved from the line
that I drew on myself
while the truth was a lie
how we gonna get free
I have a dream
how we gonna get free
how we gonna get free
I have a dream
put your hands in the air
boy put your hands in the air
we can dance we can dance and dance and dance
til we’re free
boy you better get your ass down low
when the chariot come down
let the good lord hear you moan
say i wanna get free
I have a dream
took you from the woods
out there between your mommas knees
what killed Job’s baby cleaned out your lungs
so you can scream I wanna be free
well I wish you didn’t it do poor boys
better call it how you see it boy
when I’m coming out the woods
you better tell em all that I wanna get free
I have a dream
I wanna get free
I wanna get free
I have a dream
I have a dream
how we gonna get free
how we gonna get free
I have a dream
Tie My Pillow To A Tree
ain’t no place I can hide myself
I’m gonna tie my pillow to a tree
when the good Lord comes to look for me
he knows where I will be
I built a fortress in the mountains
I dug a hole down in the plains
my fortress it just crumbled
my hole filled up with rain
I’ve been high
I’ve been low
ain’t no place I can hide myself
I’m gonna tie my pillow to a tree
I smell like rosin
I taste like leaves
would you scoot on over
make some room for me
books I have read
lovers I have known
when the forget me
oh where will I go
I set sail on seven oceans
there ain’t no country with my name
I wrapped myself in pleasure
and I kissed myself with pain
I’ve been high
I’ve been low
I’ve been high
I’ve been low
I’ve been high
I get low
aint no place I can hide myself
I’m gonna tie my pillow to a tree