By: david allan coe I can't see nothing' but spotlights Spotlights see nothing' but me All of my music is lonely Yea, all of my heartaches were free Don't waste your time or your flash bulbs Too many heroes are dead You like to live in the city Yea, i like to live in my head Somebody shoot out that spotlight Spotlights ain't nothing' but jive Roll me a smoke, and give me some coke Treat me like i am alive Tell all the ladies i'm single Tell lone star beer that i'm dry Everyone's lying' bout living' I'm tired of living' a lie I spend my nighttimes in mourning' I spend my morning's alone You spent your your money to see me tonight Yea, i spent all mine getting' stoned Now that they're both kinda busted Doesn't it seem kinda strange That i lay down knowing we're two of a kind And you'll leave here knowing my name

The railroad don't go there Airplane don't go there Gray hound don't go there Anywhere near there That mean I gotta walk Gotta stick out my thumb But the folks round these here parts child They don't pick up no walkin' bum My baby sent me there I didn't wanna go there Said that I'd find some work there Or somewhere near there I didn't get no job No I didn't get none I'm out on this highway I ain't nothin' but a walkin' bum Walkin' in the rain Walkin' in the sun And I ain't got no choice I'm a walkin' bum I gotta get home Anyway that I can now These rocks and stones are hurtin' my feet This walkin' bum is still a man The railroad don't go there Airplane don't go there Gray hound don't go there Anywhere near there That mean I gotta walk Ain't no sense in stickin out my thumb Cause these folks in alabama They just don't pick up no walkin' bums And that's what I am now I'm a walkin' bum I'm gonna get home someway Think I'll just pull my shoes off Sit down right here beside the road

Morning found me lyin' on a floor in New Orleans Looking like the patches was about to eat my jeans Feeling like my belly was a warehouse for the blues And I sure miss my sweet Cocaine Carolina Met her on an ocean liner, I called her Cocaine Carolina She was quite a lady then, I was 22 God knows how much I adored her I just never could afford her Cocaine Carolina, how did I get hooked on you? Goodbye Cocaine Carolina you and I are through I'm going back to Sandy Scag, she knows just what to do She don't love me for my money, she just wants my body, honey Cocaine Carolina, how did I get hooked on you? Someone said if I was lucky I could go back to Kentucky Lexington was famous for its bluegrass and its hills Carolina, we should get up Girl, we're gonna have to split up Maybe I should go to California Goodbye Cocaine Carolina, me and you are through I'm going back to Sandy Scag, she sure knows just what to do She don't love me for my money, she just wants my body, honey Cocaine Carolina, how did I get hooked on you? Goodbye Cocaine Carolina, me and you are through I'm going back to Sandy Scag, she knows just what to do She don't love me for my money, she just wants my body, honey Cocaine Carolina, how did I get hooked on you?