Barbed Wire Fence

Maybe this is what you needed
A long day of laughin'
I was workin' on a fever
Losin' everything crackin'
Cracking up in a ballroom
All alone in my body
And my body's just a small room
I can share with nobody

But can I share it with my baby
Have you seen her lately
Did you tell her all about me
That I was going crazy
Drinkin' beer from a warm cup
Alone in a barroom
I let me body hold my head up
And now my body's just an old tomb

I can bury in a good book
Sittin' pretty on a park bench
Like a perched house sparrow
On a barbed wire fence

I been singin' with my mother
And drinkin' with my father
Been years missin' my brother
And won't see him for another
And I been missin' on my baby
But have you seen her lately
And did you tell her all about me
I been pushin' up daisies

'Cause maybe this is what you needed
A long day of laughin'
I was workin' on a fever
An egg worth crackin'