Verse: I found comfort and courage and bottles of whiskey I swear to you friend that that life is some risky I have backed away quickly from those that would burn me And stopped up my ears that no one should learn me But the lady beside me is the one I have chosen to walk through life like a coat from the cold Verse I have flown like a bird from every cage that confined me and broken every one of the ties that bind me I have danced me around some sad ol' sad ol situations and taken my share of those sweet invitations