Rooster Chronicles

Mystic Cowboys


Joey’s Drunk But . . .

 

From the missions and soup kitchens

To the alleys down the street

Someone is laughing while someone is getting beat

And it don’t take much to get ‘em high anymore

 

There’s always someone preaching and there’s always someone bent

There’s always a single mother that’s hooking to pay the rent

And it don’t take much to get ‘em high anymore

 

 Joey’s drunk but he thinks he sees an angel

Who am I to argue with that man?

He’s on his knees in a makeshift alley altar

He says he’s part of the good Lord’s master plan

 

The drunk tanks and holding cells are full beyond relief

There’s weekend johns and pedophiles and a couple of common thieves

And it don’t take much to get ‘em high anymore

 

There’s a God for the homeless and a God for the drunks

God for the junkies and God for the punks

And it don’t take much to get ‘em high anymore

 

Hey Joey’s drunk but he thinks he sees an angel

Who am I to argue with that man?

He’s on his knees in a makeshift alley altar

He says he’s part of the good Lord’s master plan