Boot heels kicked up in the dirt
Workweek gone, don’t feel the hurt
Sun went down behind the ridge
Now we’re kings of a busted bridge
Got a six-string hummin’ low
And a fiddle cryin’ soft and slow
Smoke curls up like it knows our names
Dancin’ wild in them amber flames
Ain’t no clock, ain’t no end
Just a circle of fire and friends
We’re sippin’ ‘n pickin’ by the firelight glow
Pass that jar, let the good times roll
Old songs, new strings, let ’em ring out true
A little bit of me, a little bit of you
Yeah we laugh, we live, let the night unwind
Leave our worries somewhere back behind
In these hills where the cold wind kicks in
We’re just sippin’, and pickin’, again
Got a story ’bout a girl in town
Who could turn a hard man upside down
But tonight she’s just a memory
Burnin’ off like this cheap whiskey
Calloused hands on a dobro slide
Singin’ truths we don’t gotta hide
Every note’s got a little pain
But it all sounds right in a mountain refrain
Ain’t no wrong, ain’t no right
Just the sound of souls tonight
We’re sippin’ ‘n pickin’ by the firelight glow
Pass that jar, let the good times roll
Old songs, new strings, let ’em ring out true
A little bit of me, a little bit of you
Yeah we laugh, we live, let the night unwind
Leave our worries somewhere back behind
In these hills where the cold wind kicks in
We’re just sippin’, and pickin’, again
Hear that owl on the pine tree call
He’s keepin’ time for us all
Every spark when the fire pops bright
That’s another song comin’ alive tonight
Ain’t no stage, ain’t no crowd
But we play it hard and we play it loud
If this night’s all we ever own
Then we ain’t ever alone
We’re sippin’ ‘n pickin’ by the firelight glow
Pass that jar, let the good times roll
Old songs, new strings, let ’em ring out true
A little bit of me, a little bit of you
Yeah we laugh, we live, let the night unwind
Leave our worries somewhere back behind
In these hills where the cold wind kicks in
We’re just sippin’, and pickin’, again
“Sippin’ ‘N Pickin’” is track number 10 on the Thumper Barrel album, Bush Bond.
Track: Sippin’ ‘N Pickin’
Album: Bush Bond
ISRC: QZNWX2632108
ASCAP: 935049087