The Half of It

(Brian Hendrix)

For people who've traveled all over, loved and lost, won and lost, etc, they can tell you some amazing stories, though that's not even half of what they've been through. I felt like I wanted to express this in a song, so here are some of the travels - but only about the half of it all. The chorus is progressive in vocalization, midway through and picking up for the end.

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I got laid off down in Georgia Caught me drinking on the job Headed north through Tennessee Hopped on a train but not back off Wound up in the Adirondacks With a girl named Valentine Stole my watch and my blue jeans But at least that girl was mine (Chorus) And that's not the half of it All the places that I've been The black cats that crossed my trail What I've seen, all of the sin Watch you don't step in the shards Of broken mirrors in my wake Had bad luck since I could spell it Wouldn't know another way And that's not the half of it Mined for gold in Colorado Months drew bare, I'll count the loss Then the bastards struck a vein The day after I took off Off to fare the nights in Reno Struck my gold on roulette wheels Then they robbed me in the lobby Can't break even in that deal (Chorus) I got married down in Texas Honeymooned down in Cancun Then she left me three weeks later For some highborn silver spoon Hitched my way through Arizona Scalding sand and rattlesnakes Met some hippies, damn near killed me Slipped peyote in my drink (Chorus) Headed east through Carolina Was in the spring of ninety-nine Got evicted from my motel And I had to sleep outside Tried to build my fame in dive bars Songs to sell, all that I owned But they stole my greatest hits Now play 'em on the radio (Chorus)

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