Just Enough

He said I was fifteen when I first tasted lightening From the bench my daddy made himself A starter joke for me and the neighbor's daughter I wanted it more than I feared daddy's belt And when the buzzin' took the place of the burning That joint kiss, it made me burn more than I ever burned before And it was just enough, just enough Yeah, just enough to want some more And like a drop of water to a thirsty man Like a postcard picture of the promised land A piece of candy candy from an old dime store And it was just enough, just enough Yeah, just enough to want some more And I was up to anything when I was younger I raised more hell than the devil himself But the good God must have knew I needed an angel 'Cause I was on my way to an early grave in jail She was a breath in spring with a long grin cotton dress And she looked my way when I didn't know what I was looking for And it was just enough, just enough Yeah, just enough to want me some more Like a sip of whiskey to a drinking man Like a sprinkle of rain on the desert sand A little ray of daylight on a jail house full And it was just enough, just enough Yeah, just enough to want me some more Now I'm old and crippled and some say wiser I can't believe how fast the years they fly And the one thing that I learned in all my years of living Is that you? You never lived enough when you die And like a drop of water to a thirsty man Like a postcard picture of the promised land A piece of candy candy from an old dime store And it was just enough, just enough, yeah, just enough It was just enough, just enough Yeah, just enough It was just enough, just enough Yeah, just enough to want me some more