These Days

If there's a lesson, I'ma learn it today
Talking to myself again
He was cussing like an old man out of fuel
Church in the morning didn't do what it should
And Lord knows I ain't worth two damns
But I'm worth three according to him

He didn't mean no harm, he ain't much for charm
Just a life lived having a hard day
Every single day, you gotta check on them
Or they'll wind up just like this
In a bind we're in, she's sufferin'
Boy, grab the 22 and put an end to this 'cause

These days, you can't trust someone else to do it right
If you want it done, do it yourself, son, and figure it out real fast
Or take them cows to the sale
Couldn't do it, I couldn't shoot it
She meant too much to me
She represented every time I left
Can't imagine how she felt

She'd probably been sick for a week or two
She ain't looked the same since the winter came
We hauled off her baby, sold it so
We could even afford the hay

This one was tough
I couldn't say much
Just give him the gun
He said, "Give me the gun" 'cause

These days, you can't trust someone else to do it right
If you want it done, do it yourself, son, and figure it out real fast
Or take them cows to the sale
Closed a chapter today
Hell, I threw the whole book away
One second, I'm enjoying life
The next, I'm saying goodbye
Can't imagine me doin' this alone
I've been a fool, I've been wrong
And I grin and bear it tonight
At the dinner table, he called me out, he said

"These days, you can't trust someone else to do it right
If you want it done, do it yourself, son, and figure it out real fast
Or take them cows to the sale"

These days, you can't trust someone else to do it right
If you want it done, do it yourself, son, and figure it out real fast
These days (these days), you can't trust (you can't trust)
Someone else to do it right
If you want it done, do it yourself, son, and figure it out real fast
Or take them cows to the sale

Take them cows to the sale
Take them cows to the sale
Take them cows to the sale