Songwriter, guitarist and composer
Songwriter, guitarist and composer
We're All Going Out With As Much As When We Came In
Inspired by the sentiment of the Woody Guthrie song 'Little Black Train', this is a song about the fact that, whoever you are, wherever you're from, however much or little you have, we're all going out with as much as when we came in.
What would you pay for this palace of stone?
Offer me time and I'll leave you alone,
because he's going to nail down the lid and set me alight,
and though I tried pleading and I gave him a fight
he tells me to pass on the treasures therein
because the fella in black always wins,
and we're all going out with as much as when we came in.
Name me a price for this rare set of wheels.
Just seven more days and we'll shake on a deal,
because he's going to nail down the lid and set me alight,
and though I tried pleading and I gave him a fight
he tells me I've given those wheels their last spin
because the fella in black always wins,
and we're all going out with as much as when we came in.
These celluliod looks are yours for a song,
a handful of hours and consider me gone,
because he's going to nail down the lid and set me alight,
and though I tried pleading and I gave him a fight
he tells me I've poisoned my last layer of skin
because the fella in black always wins,
and we're all going out with as much as when we came in.
This status I keep in front of my name,
this imaginary pedestal salesman called fame,
a mountain of money with views over blame,
they're all yours for just one more hand in his game
because we're all going out,
regardless how righteous or ruthless you've been,
we're all going out with as much as when me came in.
Written by Del Scott Miller
