St. Augustine At Night

Album: Good Luck With Whatever (2020)
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  • The cherry gum would cover up the cigarettes we smoked
    The 7-Up would balance out the beer
    Mom would make us dinner, and we'd all try not to choke
    Dad was working later every year

    We count the trucks on Highway 1 on their way to Jacksonville
    Wonderin' where they headed on from there
    My brothers and my sister all stood spiritually still
    As if those roads became the answers to their prayers

    But I didn't want it any other way
    This town was the one thing that felt right
    All these tourists could be kings during the day
    But not in St. Augustine at night

    I was working at the bait shack, supplying all the fishing tours
    Pretty soon I was chartering a boat
    My dad said I needed dumb luck and a secret stash of Coors
    If I stood a chance at keeping things afloat

    That's when my girlfriend told me "There's a baby on the way
    And I need to know you're gonna go to bat"
    Well, I never put off 'til tomorrow the things I shoulda done today
    No, I've always waited way longer than that

    I have never had much say in how I felt
    I've been guided by my barroom appetites
    So if this world belongs to everybody else
    Just leave me St. Augustine at night

    The Lord must really love us common folk
    'Cause he made so goddamn much
    Now, if he'd just point the way to go
    If he'd could just start speaking up

    Our oldest brother left this world for leading one too many lives
    I guess he settled for none at all
    The rest of us just grew apart and blamed our husbands and our wives
    When anyone was asked why they don't call

    And life became a series of birthdays, cars, and pets
    Just anything to look forward to
    I don't talk about mistakes
    I don't talk about regrets
    At this point, I'm not sure what good it would do

    And I'm not asking for anybody's help
    As I gaze out where the stars dance with the lights
    If I'm not sure how I feel about myself
    I still got St. Augustine at night
    Oh, I still got St. Augustine at night Writer/s: Taylor Goldsmith
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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