Turn off the TV and puncture all the lights
There ain't no colors that I wanna see tonight
There's no girl to be missed, no shadow of a kiss
Not even sadness will touch my heart tonight
Get out a suitcase and fill it with country songs
There ain't much left to write,
all the good ones have been turned on
But if Hank Williams don't mind,
I might write one more
I just wish I had someone to sing it for
I'd turn on the radio, but they don't play music anymore
Just soda pop anthems and advertisements for the war
I'm down at the bottom tryin' to climb up to the floor
It's been so long since a friend came to my door
I got a lot of nothin' to do, it takes up all my time
Gonna kill off the hours, gonna bury them line by line
When my time is up, I'll probably wonder where it went
Just wake me up when it's all been spent