[Verse 1]
I live the kind of life that most men only dream of
I make my living writing songs and singing them
But I'm thirty-one years old
And I ain't got no place to go when it's all over
But I'll hide my aches and make the stage
And try to kick the footlights out again

[Verse 2]
I throw my old guitar across the stage
And Lamar takes the ball
And the crowd goes nearly wild
To see ol’ Nadine nearly fall
After twenty years of picking, i’m alive
And kicking down some walls
(High ones Merle)
But tonight I'll kick the footlights out
And walk away without a curtain call

[Chorus]
Yea, tonight I'll kick the footlights out again
And try to hide the mood I'm really in
Might not put on my old Instamatic grin
Oh, tonight I’m gonna kick some footlights out again

[Verse 1]
I live the kind of life that most men only dream of
I make my living writing songs and singing them
Now I'm thirty-one years old
And I ain't got no place to go when it's all over
So I'll hide my aches and make the stage
And try to kick the footlights out again
[Chorus]
Yea, tonight I'll kick the footlights out again
And try to hide the mood I'm really in
Might not put on my old Instamatic grin
Oh, tonight I’ll kick some footlights out again