Talkin' Van Life Blues Lyrics

I torn off down the road

Bobbin' 'round them telephone poles

Open sky burnt my eyes

Punched me in the face, tickled my sides

Pinch me I must be dreamin'

I can see for miles and miles and miles

And miles and miles and miles

Woke up next day in a haze

Where's the bathroom on this thing

I hopped out, half naked, in a craze

Man by the train said he likes the way I'm livin'

Well, buddy I just woke up and pissed in a jar

Yup, I'm livin' the dream

Drove some hours, then a couple more

I ended out there by the shore

Walked out past some great big yachts

Docked right by a nice little tent village

Saw a gypsy gal toss a crusty boot in the ocean

Saw a soggy hobo pirate wanderin' round

Hollerin' "Anybody seen my boots"

I didn't see nothin' big feller

He's a pirate man, you crazy, he'll steal my loot

Now this ol' town done lost its shine

Got my eye still down the line

Wrong type of people getting all familiar

So I drove out there past Montpelier

By a campfire, this weeds a-gettin' to my head

So I washed it down with a couple of beers

Heavy winds blew me down the road

If you stay for good, your cards is folded

I only got a pair of 2's

And they don't give drinks here if you lose

So, I'ma keep this thing going all night

Pull a six shooter on ya if you call my bluff, good sir

Some say Brock, you're outta hand

Who's we talkin', yours or theirs

I don't know, but I'm feeling fine

Got both hands, but I'm out my mind

Flippin' and a floppin', been singing for a quarter

Got drunk, got lost, and almost got thrown in jail

Ended up right where I start

Saw the light, but now it's gettin' dark

Saw a world so full of pain

Laying out, acid rain

Singing "We'll all blow ourselves to smithereens or

Get sucked into a black hole and this'll all start again"

I don't know 'bout all that

Cos I seen this country

All types of people

Princes, paupers

Good 'n evil

Seen sinners beat down, held in scorn

Rise up like a man reborn

Seen the fog rollin' in, and the fog rollin' out

That's just the way the world goes 'round, baby