Pipeliner

I suffered today and the last 25 Killin' my time, killin' my spine, chasin' these lines I find the pipin' come easy and love be the hard There's a woman beside me, she don't mind me being married to work Oh, and she more patient than the cocaine made me I got anxiety, no piety, king of fighting the steel Pipeliner We're the hard timers You can take it from me 'til I've had my plenty I'll be on a pipeline I'll be on a pipeline Snorted my per diem on the way home from Odessa Born to build, build for the pay, yet, I disassemble Oh, that woman counts on me with a babe we both love She can count all she wants, but it won't ever add up to much Pipeliner We're the hard timers You can take it from me 'til I've had my plenty I'll be on a pipeline I'll be on a pipeline I ain't climbing no mountain or diggin' for coal When I'm getting' rich, chasing that crude oil Ain't a dollar I won't take, ain't a coin I won't bag You can bet I'll set the pace when it's time to drag In '05 I took an oath to my true love And every dollar I spend calls me right back to her, her Pipeliner We're the hard timers You can take it from me 'til I've had my plenty I'll be on a pipeline I'll be on a pipeline Pipeliner We're the hard timers You can take it from me 'til I've had my plenty I'll be on a pipeline I'll be on a pipeline 'Til the day I die, I'll be on a pipeline Have mercy on me and that pretty wife of mine 'Til the day I die, I'll be on this pipeline