Hung over on the couch again Feelin' like a fool don't you know I've been Chasin' a dream and losing sleep Just a victim of the hours I keep In 29 days, I'll be 30 years old Still ain't found a job that I can hold But I've held on through thick and thin To one thing that I believe in Last night we had a pretty good crowd They were tappin' their toes and singin' out loud They heard every song we came to play Well I lost track of time, but I suppose We'd a played all night if that bar didn't close Nights like that don't happen every day I've played some dives where no one showed I've made less than the bar tab I owed Played for free and just for the booze It's a little thing called payin' your dues Those nights I got lost on my way home And the nights I spent so all alone Call on me from time to time And end up in the words of a rhyme I'd like to shut it down for a week Rest up my voice, maybe get some sleep But the chances of a vacation are slight Tryin' to make a livin' playing music at night So I spread my bills out on the floor Choose the ones to pay and the ones to ignore Tell myself it'll be alright Pick up my guitar and begin to write