The Real Country Dark Lyrics

As I started down the street one day
A man came up to me, and he did say:
"You can't spend your time all alone"
I said: "what do you think you know"
In the winter of my discontent
Solace came and solace quickly went
So I tried to settle down
In some long forgotten town

But I just could not escape myself
I probably could have used a little help
But as usual I refused
'Cause help to me always just
It felt like abuse (*2)

So I put myself up on a cross
I made some noise but could not get across
No one could hear all my cries
So I cut the rope and apologized

For all the damage I had done
'Cause I was just a friend to everyone
Who just did not know right from wrong
Which makes it easier to get along

When you're feeling real low down
And kinda tired of just hangin' around
In the town of Caroline
I walked up and down those
Those powerlines (*2)

Someone is hiding underneath the stairs
I try to tell myself that no one is there
But in the real country dark
Someone is dying underneath the stars

So I could just say fair thee well my friend
But just in case we never meet again
I'm hiding something in the ground
And only you know where it
It can be found