no deal

now this man down at the used car lot, tried to sell me four wheels and a trunk. i said, "man, there is no engine!", he said, "the engine's just a bunch of junk. you don't need no engine to go downhill, and i could plainly see, that that's the direction, you're headed in", and he handed me the keys, no deal; you can't sell this stuff to me, no deal, i'm going back to tennessee, well, i went to a doctor of the highest order, he said i couldn't have a drink for a year. one glass of wine on my birthday, if my birthday wasn't too very near. lord, he must have put me in a state of shock, 'cause i made it for about two weeks;, then he sent me a bill, that knocked me flat off the wagon, and back down on my feet, when true love knocked upon my door, she'd just barely turned fifteen, and i was a little bit nervous, if you know just what i mean. but i've heard somewhere, that true love conquers all, and i figured that was that, then i started having dreams 'bout, being chased out of town, wearing nothing but my cowboy hat. well, i come through this life a stumbler, my friends, i expect to die that way, it could be twenty years from now, it could be most any day. but if there is no whiskey and women, lord, behind them heavenly doors, i'm gonna take my chances down below, and of that you can be sure.