Enough Rope Songtext

von Rick Brantley

I am old
Almost forgotten
I don't look like much
These days I know
When I was young I cut quite a figure
Were no wild oats I would not sow
Too many girls with long eyelashes
Might have married two or three
I couldn't tell you how that happened, honestly

Money talks
Liquor whispers
And I have listened to them both
Love is sweet
Until it's bitter
Life is long
Pay as you go
And I've learned less than I've forgotten
There's still more I wish I didn't know
And a man will hang himself most likely
If you give him enough rope

I never thought it'd all be easy
But I do remember expecting more
I should have died young
I should have died handsome
I won't die rich
I won't die poor

I never did make master sergeant
Was never too good at kissing ass
I guess I could have tried a little bit harder
There's always that

Well
Money talks
Liquor whispers
And I have listened to them both
Chance is slim
Fate is fickle
Life is short
There you go
And I've learned less than I've forgotten
There's still more I wish I didn't know
And a man will hang himself most likely
If you give him enough rope

All is fair
If not forgiven
Redemption waits
Somewhere I hope
And a man will hang himself most likely
If you give him enough rope
Yes, a man will hang most likely
If you give him enough rope