Peaking From The Brim Lyrics

My head is spinning my eyes are twisting
Focusing on three drops of beer
Evaporating on the table.
Why is it that everybody talks so damned loud?
Resentful, disgusted by everyone
That walks through the door.
Closing my eyes to snatch what's left of my pride.
Why is it they all think this is their favorite song?

In a dive bar sipping the time away
I'm no virtuoso, I'm just coming to play
With only pennies in my hat.

And now my head is still flipping
Can't close my eyes 'cause some jerk is spinning
I think, yeah it's that guy in the corner
Behind a martini flirting with a waitress half his age.
Fifty dollar bills dripping from his pockets
Only pennies in my hat.
Sound check tripped me up
I'll stumble through my quick set.

In a dive bar sipping the time away
I'm no virtuoso, I'm just coming to play
With only pennies in my hat.

Sandpaper in my throat by the second song.
The jerk keeps spinning away.
The bass is too loud, the tone is all wrong
Thank God there's only one song left.
The waitress is gone, the jerk left his drink half full
Or maybe it was half empty?
What a time for philosophy.
Last chorus, room's half empty or half full?

In a dive bar sipping the time away
My hat is empty, and Ulysses S. Grant
Is peaking from the brim.