Gettin' drunk by the figure eight Figure one more beer oughta set me straight Young and carefree as a boy could be Whiskey, smokes, and LSD Railroad tracks run along the creek Walk 'em up and down in the summer heat Same ol' boy changing like the seasons Country kid turned into a town rat heathen Country kid turned into a town rat heathen Daddy's in jail for a DUI Brother's in rehab a second time Fucked up on salts and spices of all kinds Legal drugs doing double damage to your mind There must be greater forces at play Too big to see and impossible say No one alive makes it out unscathed Aches and scars Hey aches and scars Hey aches and scars Hey aches and scars Now I think we're even Country kid turned into a town rat heathen Gettin' high by the covered bridge Granny find out gonna flip her lid Never did go to a high school dance I was in love with a bad romance Now I'm twenty eight with these aches and pains Pray to the devil now with each complaint No one alive makes it out unscathed Aches and scars Hey aches and scars Hey aches and scars Hey aches and scars Aches and scars Hey aches and scars Hey aches and scars Hey aches and scars Now I think we're even Country kid turned into a town rat heathen Country kid turned into a town rat heathen Country kid turned into a town rat heathen