I'm like a magnet to some high proof liquor
A song chaser and a pipe dream picker
A short fuse that's got a hairline trigger
That's put me through some hell
Some people say I've got a cheap thrill addiction
And throw stones at my free bird livin'
I brush 'em off like the habits I ain't kickin' 'cause
I know myself too well

The day I hang it up is the day I'm ridin' out
Flying high above what put me in the ground
I got it in my blood, too late to change it now
The day I hang it up is the day they lay me down

I don't mind a little smoke on my jacket
Pretty girl with some underlying baggage
I'm hard-headed with a heart that'll back it, yeah
Just like this cross on my neck

The day I hang it up is the day I'm ridin' out
Flying high above what put me in the ground
I got it in my blood, too late to change it now
The day I hang it up is the day they lay me down

That's the price I'll pay, and I'll take it to the bank
Till I take it to the grave and it's said and done
Everything I believe, these songs, this dream
That rebel in me can't get enough

The day I hang it up is the day I'm ridin' out
Flying high above, put me in the ground
I got it in my blood, too late to change it now
The day I hang it up is the day they lay me down

And then they'll lay me down