Son Volt - Bakersfield Lyrics
What do you want? Where do you find it?You can call it what you willThe sound of heartbreak from a jail cellFinding work in bar all nightsJukebox letters and numbersThe burning hearts and starving mindsSouls in pain as if I’m punishmentThe ways and needs to surviveThere’s a passion that’s put on the lineMoney to burn and fortunes to findWithout a claim, without a stakeI’m living only for todayThere will be starts, there will be stumblesOur tongue out on the line to dryAnd a piece from wagers of workingAnd hell breaks loose on Saturday nightAren’t you happy? The least it’s livingFreedom to choose to stay downAlways a wild wind blowingJust want a guitar and a radioIn the fields of the valleyThe sweet and toil along with the landNo cup of gold, no candy mountainWhat better place to make a stand?