Iron
Sam Baker
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G Well it's iron that he hangs, He loves his workC9 He drives hours each day, He's never been hurtG Got a back of steelD Got burns on the sleeves of his shirtG He drinks too much when stuff gets heavyC9 He can't think straight his mind gets hazyG He stops at a sports bar andD everybody knows he's a flirtG So he's driving to work, With his head split openC9 From last nights drinking and last nights smokingG And he never got homeD And now there will be hell to payG 'Cause she'll be yelling and he'll be screamingC9 And the kids will be crying, Like a house full of demonsG Says to himself, "Why do peopleD live this way?'G She says to Lou Ann, "He's the father of my babiesC9 I know you think I'm wrong, I know you think I'm crazyG Sticking around while he's drunkD all over townG But you don't see he can be so sweetC9 He only gets mean when he gets in his drinkG He's good to the kids, It's justD sometimes he gets down"Continúa después del anuncioG Iron drops bad, nothin seems to fitC9 He gets busted on his welds, He wants to just quitG He wants to curl up tight on aD cold white ground and cryG But he works full shift Picks up a sixC9 It's almost Christmas The roads are getting slickG She's gonna be at the door Gonna beD hell of a fightG So he's an hour out of Lincoln No shoulder on the roadC9 Its dark and its snowing He oughtta go slowG But he pushes it forward, planesD and slides like a sledG The tires hit the edge He spins at the topC9 The truck slides low in the ditch till it stopsG D It hurts, where he banged his headG So he sits in the cab He can't read the gaugesC9 The wipers whip like wind over pagersG It's loud There's static on theD radioG It too light to seeC9 He just staresG It gets too light to seeD And then he gets scaredG Then the light was goneC9 D Just wipers, wind turned snowG She says to Lou Ann, "He's the father of my babiesC9 I know you think I'm wrong, I know you think I'm crazyG Sticking around while he's drunkD all over townG But you don't see he can be so sweetC9 He only gets mean when he gets in his drinkG He's good to the kids, It's justD sometimes he gets down"G So he pulls back onC9 He drives real slowG Throws the last of the six out theD window in the snowG Something's changed, Saw light, heC9 should have seen darkG That's the last time he drankD Still a hell of a fightG She knew he wasn't lying when heC9 told her about the lightG She knew he wasn't lying about theD light (Girl)G Well it's iron that he hangs, He loves his workC9 He drives hours each day, He's never been hurtG Got a back of steelD Got burns on the sleeves of his shirt"