[Verse 1: Mike Harmeier]
I don't care if country music's dead
I'm just tryin' to make it 'til tomorrow
You're makin' it all up inside your head
That must be some awful kind of sorrow

These days everybody's makin' money
Off bitter hooks as fast-flute melodies
Prayin' for the floor seems so funny
And the only one that's listenin' is the trees

I like cheap guitars and cigarettes
And diner food that tastes just like my mother's
For a hundred bucks we'll play another set
And a case of beer to take home after hours

[Chorus: John Baumann & Mike Harmeier]
You can take a line from one of mine and make it rhyme
We'll keep the fire from burnin' out
A room full of talkin'
Don't know what we’re talkin' about

[Verse 2: John Baumann]
I don't care if country music's dead
I just live a life of breakin' even
She's makin' it all up inside her head
The one I wrote in G keeps her from leavin'
These days everybody sings along
But you don't have to prove to me you know it
In fact, it's probably someone else's song
And I don't have to prove to you I wrote it

I like cheap guitars and cigarettes
Someday soon they'll both try to kill me
Might as well sell a few cassettes
To anyone who'll pay to listen to me

[Chorus: Mike Harmeier and John Baumann]
You can take a line from one of mine and make it rhyme
We'll keep the fire from burnin' out
A room full of talkin'
Don't know what we're talkin' about
Money is as money does
And money goes away so we keep buyin'
Easy come and easy go
But easy ain’t the way so we keep tryin'

[Instrumental]

[Verse 1: John Baumann and Mike Harmeier]
I don't care if country music's dead
I'm just trying to make it 'til tomorrow
You're making it all up inside your head
That must be some awful kind of sorrow