Drunken Dreamer lyrics - Jonas Karen
[Verse 1]
Troubled dreamer always singing the blues
Your mama's eyes in your daddy's shoes
Maybe you never should have moved so far from Tennessee
Haunted by drugs and sweet tea
[Verse 2]
Dapper dreamer with your vintage looks
Horn-rimmed glasses and your history books
You told us the ways of truckers and the trains The desolate son of a famous man
[Chorus]
Slippin' down the hill again
Slidin' down low again
[Verse 3]
Drunken dreamer with a bloody nose
Lost in the sadness of the songs that you wrote
It's a pit that we all peer into sometimes
And try to back away real slow
[Verse 4]
Tragic dreamer always said you would go
Angels calling your star-crossed soul
Every needle in the haystack, every motel on the road
You said it yourself, you'd never win
[Chorus]
Slippin' down the hill again
Slidin' down low again
[Bridge]
You were chasing down that dreamer's high
The fickle love of the sweet spotlight
I know what that's like
I know what that's like
You warned us all a hundred times
You'd drown or lose or give up your fight
Well, godspeed, my friend
Godspeed tonight
[Verse 5]
Broken dreamer, stagger on the stage
Call up your wife and get clean again
It seemed like you'd finally beaten that game
When Nashville's hopelessness called your name
[Verse 6]
Blue-eyed dreamer fell one last time
The lonely shadows of an August night
I hope you found peace, freedom at last
From all the troubles you had
[Chorus]
Slippin' down the hill again
Slidin' down low again
Slippin' down the hill again
Slidin' down low again
Troubled dreamer always singing the blues
Your mama's eyes in your daddy's shoes
Maybe you never should have moved so far from Tennessee
Haunted by drugs and sweet tea
[Verse 2]
Dapper dreamer with your vintage looks
Horn-rimmed glasses and your history books
You told us the ways of truckers and the trains The desolate son of a famous man
[Chorus]
Slippin' down the hill again
Slidin' down low again
[Verse 3]
Drunken dreamer with a bloody nose
Lost in the sadness of the songs that you wrote
It's a pit that we all peer into sometimes
And try to back away real slow
[Verse 4]
Tragic dreamer always said you would go
Angels calling your star-crossed soul
Every needle in the haystack, every motel on the road
You said it yourself, you'd never win
[Chorus]
Slippin' down the hill again
Slidin' down low again
[Bridge]
You were chasing down that dreamer's high
The fickle love of the sweet spotlight
I know what that's like
I know what that's like
You warned us all a hundred times
You'd drown or lose or give up your fight
Well, godspeed, my friend
Godspeed tonight
[Verse 5]
Broken dreamer, stagger on the stage
Call up your wife and get clean again
It seemed like you'd finally beaten that game
When Nashville's hopelessness called your name
[Verse 6]
Blue-eyed dreamer fell one last time
The lonely shadows of an August night
I hope you found peace, freedom at last
From all the troubles you had
[Chorus]
Slippin' down the hill again
Slidin' down low again
Slippin' down the hill again
Slidin' down low again