I wrote this song for all my no good friends who’s just getting by, just like me
Leaving the bar, my breath’s as hard as regular gasoline
Fire up a bone while I’m swerving home, blowing smoke like a Model T
Wake up to a cup as black as tar, go to work and get beat like a mule
I’m just as empty as I am poor, so I’m running on fuel
I’m running on fuel, it’s all I can do
To get up and make it through
Coffee in the morning, whiskey in the evening
Cigarettes all day long
I’m running low on faith and lower on pride
I’m out of love, but I still gotta drive
I feel like a fool, but it’s all I can do
I’m running on fuel
I ain’t lazy, and I ain’t no martyr, I ain’t leaning on Uncle Sam
I just drink coffee like crazy, whiskey like water, and smoke like a power plant
I’m running on fuel, it’s all I can do
To get up and make it through
Coffee in the morning, whiskey in the evening
Cigarettes all day long
I’m running low on faith and lower on pride
I’m out of love, but I still gotta drive
I feel like a fool, but it’s all I can do
I’m running on fuel
Sometimes getting by seems harder than dying
But something in a man just makes him keep on trying
Ain’t got no wife, ain’t got no kids that I know of, it’s hard enough as it is
To work all day then make it to that barstool, I’m running on fuel
I’m running on fuel, it’s all I can do
To get up and make it through
Coffee in the morning, whiskey in the evening
Cigarettes all day long
I’m running low on faith and lower on pride
I’m out of love, but I still gotta drive
I feel like a fool, but it’s all I can do
I’m running on fuel
credits
from My Country,
released November 17, 2015
RUNNING ON FUEL (4:19)
Ben Bostick, Simply Fantastic Music (ASCAP)
Ben Bostick: Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Luke Miller: Piano
Conrad Bauer: Electric Guitar
Mike Gunn: Bass
Tom Plumb: Drums
Adam Brooks: Backing Vocals
Recorded at Manifest Recording Studios, Santa Monica, CA – engineer: Joel Van Dijk; mixed by Mark Petaccia; mastered by Alex McCollough at Yes Master Studios; produced by Ben Bostick
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