California Sober

Well I used to like to ramble with my good-time friends and neighbors now I find I’d rather lie awake in bed And I don’t get to acting mean when I keep my buzzes clean and keep the hard stuff and the whiskey from my head Well I guess that’s just the trouble when you’re always seeing double and the lines are getting twice as hard to see I’ve had years I don’t recall but I’m told I had a ball At least someone did who looked a lot like me I learned out in the hills they have pills to get their thrills and they love their liquor down in New Orleans Maybe for a New York minute Sugarcane will fit the bill But in no time flat you’re out of what you need The old crew don’t get together anymore these days much ever After some went straight and some went straight to jail Now they’re busy posting vids and just trying to raise their kids Instead of raising holy hell and posting bail I was California Sober till I thought the world was over now I’m sitting on the roadside once again And when that wagon passes by, I don’t even bat an eye because the devil on my shoulder always wins Because the devil on my shoulder always wins