Checkin’ signs n symbols
not diggin’ what I ploughed
I split n quit the family farm
to fit in with the crowd.
I got a job bar tendin’
pretendin’ life was cool
then worked my way to Oceanside
a bay view and a pool

I play where the sun sets
whiskey n cigarettes
not very complex
whiskey n cigarettes

Big city brought me trouble,
the sort you leave behind,
had two good women lovin’ me
their brothers weren’t too kind
I moved but couldn’t settle
my lovers came n went
I got real high and sometimes low
but never got content

I play where the sun sets
whiskey n cigarettes
not very complex
whiskey n cigarettes

Sometimes you get to runnin’
Sometimes you wonder why
and what’s the use in seeing folk
if just to say goodbye.
ten years since I left you
I caught the same bus home
this time I’m not for quittin’
so why d’ya have to roam?

I play where the sun sets
whiskey n cigarettes
not very complex
whiskey n cigarettes

I play where the sun sets
whiskey n cigarettes
not very complex
whiskey n cigarettes (to fade)