Bloodlines

Drunk all my sorrows Turn worry to smoke Born into bad luck, baptized in broke Black lungs, coal mines Stoled pills to cheap wine Souls are shot from the running Caged like a coyote In a cold twelve by ten Carved in the concrete By my daddy's hand His two initials To make it official I'm going down by the way I was raised Levee done broke again River don't give a damn Cut veins, floodplains Drown in the old shame Fly till you fall It's there on the wall The water flows one way Your last name, you can't change The bloodlines I ain't the answer To nobody's prayers I've said my own Don't nobody care Fight off the demons But damn if I don't need 'em To keep this old hand me down heart beating Levee done broke again River don't give a damn Cut veins, floodplains Drown in the old shame Fly till you fall It's there on the wall The water flows one way Your last name, you can't change The bloodlines Levee done broke again River don't give a damn Cut veins, floodplains Drown in the old shame Fly till you fall It's there on the wall The water flows one way Your last name, you can't change The bloodlines No, you can change the bloodlines It's there on the wall Can't change the bloodlines