Twenty So

Queen sized mattress on an old wood oak floor
And I don't see the need in closin' the screen door
I wanna hear the birds when the day finally comes
How I fear all my days of bein' young or done
Were only just begun

How close can a man come to God before dyin'?
About as close as you were when you were tryin'
You shade the sun from your eyes on the creek's edge, darling
There's a bar down the bend they managed bendin' blues guitar in

When the day is done
And those neon lights call you home
You'll be begging for a savior
To let you save him
The savage times of twenty so
When the night is through
And those American girls are headed home
You'll be begging of your savior
To let you save her
From the sweet nights of twenty so

And I know how hard it is to love a boy like me
With my dry sense of humor and my reckless tendencies
But not all labor is done with heart and hands
You've been chompin' at the bit just to love an honest man

So when the day is done
And those neon lights call you home
You'll be begging of a savior
To let you save him
The savage times of twenty so
When the night is through
And those American girls are headed home
You'll be begging of your savior
To let you save her
From the sweet nights of twenty so

So when the day is done
And those neon lights call you home
You'll be begging for your savior
To let you save him
The savage times of twenty so
When the night is through
And those American girls are headed home
You'll be begging of your savior
To let you save her
From the sweet nights of twenty so