Cannonball

English translation

We've come a long way since those drunk days on backroads

You and your high hopes always stayed down

You always saw the best in me

High in Yosemite we howled

Now I'm drivin' through Reno, these goddamn casinos

You always kept God close

'Cept that time you bet it all on black

Came back to the room with 20 grand

We spent it all on gasoline, PCH to Cannon Beach

Laid in the sand and, man, I have never seen

Somethin' more beautiful, you and your cannonball

And you were smilin' like a thief with your cheek-tearin' teeth

You was prayin' to Jesus, we was runnin' from the police

They sold off the town that we used to call home

As your cannonball sits on Cannon Beach alone

And they're usin' my muses to make fun of me

And you're face up while your blood sucks from an IV

We've come a long way since that shit band at the Blue West

You said anything other than another fuckin' cover of "Only the Good Die Young"

But I never thought it'd be you, I always thought I'd beat you

To the golden gates, won't you wait a few hours

There by the door, we've all been here before

And you were smilin' like a thief with your cheek-tearin' teeth

You was prayin' to Jesus, we was runnin' from the police

They're usin' my muses to make fun of me

And you're face up while your blood sucks from an IV

But you stood up on your own, your mom called my telephone

Said you've been ramblin' 'bout gamblin' and howlin' out in the night

High in Yosemite

So call up your brothers, won't you take you a ride?

There are cannonballs fallin' in the heat of July

Call up your brothers, won't you take you a ride?

There's cannonballs fallin' in the heat of July

Call up your brothers, won't you take you a ride?

There are cannonballs fallin' in the heat of July

Call up your brothers, won't you take you a ride?

There are cannonballs fallin' in the heat of July

Call up your brothers, won't you take you a ride?

There are cannonballs fallin' in the heat of July

And you were smilin' like a thief with your cheek-tearin' teeth

You was prayin' to Jesus, we was runnin' from the police

They called off the town that we used to call home

As your cannonball sits on Cannon Beach alone