Regie Hamm - Shelby Street Bridge Lyrics

Well he called himself a native
Yeah a first born son
Left his high school prom for Vietnam
Back in seventy one
Found the reefer and the bottle
Found the penthouse pet
Found his way back to the states to license plates
Just a strung out vet
He said I believe everything real has been left behind
Life for me life is just some simple state of mind
He said

Hey kid
You know we don't pay no rent down here
Might as well live in a tent down here
It's all that Ive' got to my name
Such a shame - he said
Hey kid
You know i'm gonna get back home someday
Seems like it's just so far away
Back up to Sullivan's ridge
From underneath the Shelby street bridge

Well I've got myself a cooler
Got a cardboard bed
If I wake up in the mood I work for food
Or maybe drink instead
Yeah I used to have a Harley
Used to live to ride
But I sold it for some blow a year ago
After my brother died

You know the wife, the kids, the job that don't mean jack to me anymore
I believe I'm exactly where I'm really supposed to be
He said

Hey kid
You know we don't pay no rent down here
Might as well live in a tent down here
It's all that Ive' got to my name
Such a shame - he said
Hey kid
You know i'm gonna get back home someday
Seems like it's just so far away
Back up to Sullivan's ridge
From underneath the Shelby street bridge

I don't work my fingers to the bone
I like to travel light, get high alone
And i don't need nobody else dragging me down, no no

And it's a long way down
And it's a long way up
From the Shelby street bridge

Hey kid
You know i'm gonna get back home someday
Seems like it's just so far away
Back up to Sullivan's ridge
From underneath the Shelby street bridge