West Texas Degenerate Lyrics

She woke me in the morning as she slammed my trailer door
She said, "I knew that it was coming
You've been running with that whore"
As I stared at my new girlfriend, wearing nothing but my shirt
I hit the bottle one more time and went to work…

To be a West Texas degenerate
Oh well, I'm a West Texas degenerate
Layin' pipe down in the desert, hell, I'm living the damn dream
In my lifted, diesel, Lincoln Blackface, welding rig machine
'Til the bossman sent me home 'cause I had liquor on my breath
I need a steady hand to pass the X-ray test

Oh, to be a West Texas degenerate
Oh, and if it wasn't for the money, I'd be draggin' up my shit
And I've been burnin' rods and burning checks
And burnin' candles at both ends
To be a West Texas degenerate
Oh, yes, I am

Well, I'm headed to Odessa, guess today is my last day
I'm gonna go watch my new girlfriend dance at the Rick's Cabaret
And if I should spend my night inside the Ector County Jail
She'll probably pay my bail with all one-dollar bills

'Cause she's a West Texas degenerate
Oh, and if it wasn't for the money, I'd be draggin' up my shit
And I've been railin' lines and runnin' bead
And being all that I can be
To be a West Texas degenerate
Oh, yes, I am

This life. It ain't for everyone out in the Wild West
You learn to fuck and fight and lay some pipe
Get drunk and go to bed
And if you just can't find sleep between the party and the pain
Well, you can stay up 'til the sunrise with the help of some cocaine
Yeah, I got the good cocaine

'Cause I'm a West Texas degenerate
Oh, and if it wasn't for the money, I'd be draggin' up my shit
And I've been burnin' rods and burning checks
And burnin' candles at both ends
To be a West Texas degenerate
Oh, well, I'm a West Texas degenerate
Yeah, a good ol' West Texas degenerate
Oh, yes, I am
Oh, yes, I am
Oh, yes, I am