OVER THE EDGE

LYRICS:

Ronny Jones worked the checkout

At the grocery store

Yesterday, he took his paycheck

And walked out the door.

He said, “Honey, I don’t know where I’m goin’,

oh and I don’t know where I’ve been.

Funny, it don’t matter no more ‘cause child, we’re

getting into the van,

Your mama left this mornin’ and she’s  not comin’ back,

I’m sick of feeling sorry for myself.

Pack up your knockoff American Girl and

get your stuff off the shelf”

Runnin’ down the highway at 65

Layin’ all my chips on the line tonight

Feelin’ unlucky after 13 years of

Letting her win every fight

Maybe startin’ over aint’ worth it

When you’re 37 and change

I'm gonna let these wheels take me over the edge of that

Rocky mountain range.

Sheila worked the second shift 

On the sugar mill floor

Yesterday she took her hard hat

And walked out the door

She said, I guess happy endings don’t just happen

I’ve been waiting for one all of my life 

They done passed me over for promotion again

So I’ll cash my check and drive 

Runnin’ down the highway at 65

Layin’ all my chips on the line tonight

Feelin’ unlucky after 33 years of

Letting them win every fight

Maybe startin’ over aint’ worth it

When you’re 57 and change

I'm gonna let these wheels take me over the edge of that

Rocky mountain range.

Runnin’ down the highway like a refugee

Layin’ all my cards on I-70

Feelin’ every crack in the blacktop freeway

Cryin’ like a baby.

Maybe startin’ over aint’ happenin’

But Lord I need a change,

I'm gonna let these wheels take me over the edge of that

Rocky mountain range.

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