Sweet Lord, you hit me on the blind side
I'm down, count me out some numbers
You were dead on, I never saw it coming
I turned my head just for a minute, it was long enough
I wouldn't have believed you were strong enough
To get a little bit of my blood, it's funny how it made you smile
So if a little don't turn to a raging flood take a little bit of my blood

Last call, come and get the good stuff
Oh my God, don't it make you feel tough
Are you swinging hard enough?
To get a little bit of my blood
It's funny how it makes you smile
So if a little don't turn to a raging flood
And a little don't cause me to give up
Take a little bit of my blood

I met a girl here in a summer dress, five years ago I smiled when she said yes
Ten years ago I would have never guessed
But now it's done, under the bridge and down the highway some
And I've spent so much time 8 miles down
I jumped a plane to catch an open door, I must have flown 2000 miles or more
This ain't exactly what I bargained for
But now it's done
When you believe then all those little things come easy
And I've spent so much time 8 miles down
Running frightened at the smallest sound
How can I expect to turn around 8 miles down
I never used to be the lucky one, I'm on the topside of a lucky run
I'm waiting for the Lord to drop the other one
Then it's done
When you believe then all those little things come easy

Monte Carlo Girl, with your window rolled down
the queen of the highway and talk of the town, you know me I won't let you down
I can't wait until the light goes on;we'll leave a patch about half a mile long
Please don't say we'll ever go wrong
Never go wrong
I think you must be crazy, I think you must be insane for you to ever mistake me for someone who could ride with you
Monte Carlo girl, at the end of the road who'll be the one to help you unload
And cool it down before it explodes, cool it down
I think you must be crazy, I think you must be insane for you to ever mistake me for someone who could ride with you

I want to throw my weight around, I'm heavier now I need the action
Knocking the little people down, it's easier now and that's the reason
I'm going to leave my conscience here; it's starting to wear, it's starting to carry
And payback comes at prices dear; I don't even care
I'm not even worried
'Cause I owe them one , I owe them one I've never been the chosen one
I owe them one, I owe them one I'm tired of being the bested one
I'm going to throw my weight around all over town
Everybody get down

Never thought that you would ever send me
Draggin' lumber up a stony hill after everything that we've been through
It was just the other night at supper I had faith that we could work things out
So I turned my fate over to you
Sweet darling won't you show some mercy don't take it too far this time
Feels like my hearts wrapped in barbed wire
In the midst of all this misery salvation is hard to find
Don't let me down little crucifier
Don't you know your like a vision to me don't you know I still believe in you
Your in my blood like holy wine
It's true I haven't always been an angel
There are sins I'm guilty of but don't you think the punishment should fit the crime
Now I'm begging you for mercy 'cause you took it too far this time
You gave me back my heart wrapped in barbed wire
I the midst of all this miser salvation is hard to find
Don't let me down little crucifier
I the midst of all this misery can rapture be far behind
Don't let me down little crucifier

My women is drinking; she don't believe me
What was I thinking, why don't she leave me 
Late night at night, she comes around, knocks on my door, and then knocks the door down
In 24 years she's the best that I've found
Lately I'm thinking I need religion
Someone to help me make my decisions
Late late at night, he'd come around, walk through my wall than march the wall down
Thunder would roll and the trumpets would sound
Just what I need
It could be I'm losing track of my senses from too many years of 
Walking on fences and walking at night, tired and pale
Coming unglued I'm coming un-nailed
Wandering if I've already failed
Just what I need

Because you love me so, I know
Because you need me here you could fall for a long tall Johnny
But I bet you'd fall somewhere near
Because I make it so easy on you
Because the door is wide you never seem to get too far away
Before you try to get back inside
Right away, you come calling, you come crawling home
Simple as that you'd be back again
Quicker than shit you'd be here
I know it never takes too long darling, for you to fall on your ear
Love me awhile then walk away; you like to think your so strong
Come along, run along
Right away, you come calling you come crawling home
Well you could be described as the salt of the earth but you taste just fine to me
And I could be labeled as crazy or worse but I like the way your fighting me
Come on and fight me

I loved a girl she was my only one
With eyes as bright as any twenty megatons
But she went westward never to be seen, I've forgotten now all that we have been
Move it over to the left again; hammer down my friends hammer down my friend
Slide it over to the left again, hammer down
Twenty some odd years of playing make believe
Little farmboys are easy to mislead but that's behind me
Never to be seen; I've been awakened from something like a dream
Move it over....

This town is like Ninevah, knowone believes in me
And I can't get rid of the pain that you see in me
This town is like a Ninevah for better or worse
The ties have been made and I've come to the end of the tracks I have laid
And at the end of the line when the engineers paid you can
Lower my body down into the grave
Lower my body down into the clave

Well come on lets go
My homing instinct is coming on strong
It's been a long night
What started out right is feeling kind of strained
Everybody's drained
But I hear you saying o me
Can we stay just a little bit longer
Can we stay just a little more honey please
Can we stay just a little bit longer...I haven't satisfied my hunger
First sign of daylight
The morning birds have started up their song
We're almost home
I'm unaware of how we got this far even in the car
Then I dimly recall you saying
Can we stay just a little bit longer...I haven't satisfied my hunger

I don't practice to deceive, I wear my heart on my sleeve
Don't throw punches, don't go rounds
But I love to see the big man down, down with the bigman
see him fall
You may think that you have one
Buddy your the only one; take a look around your home
Big dog left without his bone, down with the big man
See him fall

I dreamed of her as clear as heartache
There she was as big as sin
Here it comes, here it comes again and it brings me down
Oh my God it brings me down, comes around when I'm alone 
Grabs my throat and drives it home
Nod your head, you know sorrow
Feel it's teeth, feel it's sting
Here today; here tomorrow; here to stay
And it brings me down...
She's the only one to take me on and now she's gone
If I hold my breath and count to ten
Maybe I'll forget about her then

Help me Lord I think I'm going blind looking over my shoulder
Someone's coming up now from behind and I may be in danger
The life down here is hard as iron
And you know a good man can go wrong when he's been so gone
Help me boys I think I'm getting weak, take me home to my lover
I know this girl can kiss me soft and sweet but I belong to another
The nights down here are cold and lonely
And you know a good man can go wrong when he's been so gone
Help me now before I go astray, lift me up; give me reasons
To keep on going like I am today and I will be forgiven
The life down here is quickly ended
And you know a good man can go wrong when he's been so gone

All songs by Big Back Forty
Published by Plowshare Publishing (ASCAP)
Produced and Engineered by Joe Hardy
Assistant Engineer: Joe Viers
Recorded at John Schwab Studios, Columbus, OH
Mixed by Jack Joseph Puig at Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Tracks 7-9, 11 and 13 mixed by Joe Hardy at Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN
Mastered by Bob Ludwing at Gateway Mastering, Portland, ME
A&R: Andrew Brightman