Rough Side | Michael O'Connor

🎵 Rough Side | Michael O'Connor 🎵 - Length: 0:2:44

Rough Side - Written by Michael O'Connor/Adam Carroll Recorded Live October 29, 2024 Live from Norfolk Street is an on-going concert series recorded live at McGonigel's Mucky Duck in Houston, Texas. Our live-streamed concert series is listener supported. For access to our catalog of full length shows, extras, encores, and interviews, become a contributing member at: https://livefromnorfolkstreet.com/ Lyrics: Gonna get my news from a bottle Spill it on a concrete floor Should be old enough to know better I beat a path to the jailhouse door When I spied Lucky Pete Slipping out with Ruby Jane Left me leaning hard into the night Bloodied my knuckles where I carved her name I used to be an able bodied man Whistlin’ to Charley Pride While my pay slid through my hands Cuttin’ time on the old rough side Makin’ time on the old rough side Never played that straight and narrow I never laid that party down Burned it up like a flaming arrow Buyin’ every other round Now the voices and the laughter In my ears I can hear them ring With my head laid out on the courthouse lawn Not a penny to my name I used to be an able bodied man Whistlin’ to Charley Pride While my pay slid through my hands Cuttin’ time on the old rough side Makin’ time on the old rough side Repeat