Yeah, Tommy just got out of jail (Got out of jail? Got out of jail)
00:44
Two months he couldn't make bail
00:48
(Couldn't make bail? Couldn't make bail)
00:49
Here we sit, whiskey bent, freestylin' over cricket chirps
00:51
He would spit, then I went, loaded gun, death we flirt
00:54
Leave it up to the Baptist church
00:58
Me and him are scum of the Earth
00:59
Feelin' like two millionaires with a hundred dollar net worth
01:01
Topic of discussion, is that they know nothin'
01:04
They didn't find the other 20 pounds hid in the oven
01:07
What happened to me and you
01:11
We used to go to Sunday School
01:12
And we worked Monday to Friday, and sometimes Sunday too
01:14
500 dollar check, and that's no disrespect
01:17
But I'm a talent goddamnit, you watch, I'm tellin' you
01:20
We had it all mapped out, hip-hop til we crashed out
01:23
I drank 'til I couldn't walk straight,
01:26
On the front porch where we passed out
01:28
Nothin' but trouble, dealin' with troubles of our sorrow
01:30
And the clouds follow, we was just like
01:33
Just like lightning in a bottle
01:35
Burnin' electric blue
01:38
Just like gunshots in the hollow
01:42
Echoin' all night through
01:45
This is how we shed our problems
01:48
Under the southern moon
01:51
Just like lightning in a bottle
01:54
Burnin' electric blue
01:58
Yeah, it's three o'clock in the morning
02:01
I got two packs of Parliament Lights and
02:03
A dimebag and Bama brick
02:05
I just lay in the dark of the night on
02:06
The bed of my buddy's truck who
02:08
Got it from his Papa back when
02:10
He died in a fire rescue, and I never asked what happened
02:12
We would listen to Charlie Daniels
02:15
Too $hort and Bob Sigel
02:17
Sing along to Night Moves, sippin' on gas station margaritas
02:18
Gotta get a good buzz out here man
02:21
Nothin' else to do but get high
02:23
Put bullet holes in beer cans
02:25
And talk about how we gonna get by
02:26
Some say that dreaming's useless, full of pride and selfishness
02:28
Escapin' that mental prisons like, climbin' the electric fence
02:31
And that's a risk, but a risk I'll take to better with
02:34
'Cause through Hell I've been
02:37
So successful be just self-defense
02:39
I took another swallow
02:41
Can't share my dream with everybody
02:42
And besides to the factory, I clock in tomorrow
02:44
And to the room I wabble
02:47
But the vision I follow
02:49
A storm was brewin', we was just like
02:50
Just like lightning in a bottle
02:53
Burnin' electric blue
02:56
Just like gunshots in the hollow
02:59
Echoin' all night through
03:02
This is how we shed our problems
03:05
Under the southern moon
03:08
Just like lightning in a bottle
03:12
Burnin' electric blue
03:15
Just like lightning in a bottle
03:18
Burnin' electric blue
03:21
Just like gunshots in the hollow
03:24
Echoin' all night through
03:28
This is how we shed our problems
03:30
Under the southern moon
03:34
Just like lightning in a bottle
03:37
Burnin' electric blue
03:41
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
Yeah, Tommy just got out of jail (Got out of jail? Got out of jail)
Two months he couldn't make bail
(Couldn't make bail? Couldn't make bail)
Here we sit, whiskey bent, freestylin' over cricket chirps
He would spit, then I went, loaded gun, death we flirt
Leave it up to the Baptist church
Me and him are scum of the Earth
Feelin' like two millionaires with a hundred dollar net worth
Topic of discussion, is that they know nothin'
They didn't find the other 20 pounds hid in the oven
What happened to me and you
We used to go to Sunday School
And we worked Monday to Friday, and sometimes Sunday too
500 dollar check, and that's no disrespect
But I'm a talent goddamnit, you watch, I'm tellin' you
We had it all mapped out, hip-hop til we crashed out
I drank 'til I couldn't walk straight,
On the front porch where we passed out
Nothin' but trouble, dealin' with troubles of our sorrow
And the clouds follow, we was just like
Just like lightning in a bottle
Burnin' electric blue
Just like gunshots in the hollow
Echoin' all night through
This is how we shed our problems
Under the southern moon
Just like lightning in a bottle
Burnin' electric blue
Yeah, it's three o'clock in the morning
I got two packs of Parliament Lights and
A dimebag and Bama brick
I just lay in the dark of the night on
The bed of my buddy's truck who
Got it from his Papa back when
He died in a fire rescue, and I never asked what happened
We would listen to Charlie Daniels
Too $hort and Bob Sigel
Sing along to Night Moves, sippin' on gas station margaritas
Gotta get a good buzz out here man
Nothin' else to do but get high
Put bullet holes in beer cans
And talk about how we gonna get by
Some say that dreaming's useless, full of pride and selfishness
Escapin' that mental prisons like, climbin' the electric fence
And that's a risk, but a risk I'll take to better with
'Cause through Hell I've been
So successful be just self-defense
I took another swallow
Can't share my dream with everybody
And besides to the factory, I clock in tomorrow
And to the room I wabble
But the vision I follow
A storm was brewin', we was just like
Just like lightning in a bottle
Burnin' electric blue
Just like gunshots in the hollow
Echoin' all night through
This is how we shed our problems
Under the southern moon
Just like lightning in a bottle
Burnin' electric blue
Just like lightning in a bottle
Burnin' electric blue
Just like gunshots in the hollow
Echoin' all night through
This is how we shed our problems
Under the southern moon
Just like lightning in a bottle
Burnin' electric blue
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