I got a cracked windshield and Mardi Gras beads

Some trucker hats and old hotel keys

We got a dash, full of trash and other bands CD's

Got a cracked windshield and Mardi Gras beads



Breaking points and broken guitar strings

We bet big and we lost everything

Damn near wasted all our 20's chasing down a dream

Now we're all breaking points and broken guitar strings



We ain't ever gonna make it, like I thought we would

So why can't we just pack it up and say we did the best we could

I used to be a decent man, then life just took its toll

Now I'm just a casualty of rock and roll



Closing time and opening bands

A different town, same old one night stands

Another midnight muse in cowboy boots with X's on her hands

Closing time and opening bands



It's like playing a game you know you'll never win

You're down to your last hand and you're all in

Then a turn of luck and you double up, just to bet it all again

You see we're playing a game we know we'll never win.



We ain't ever gonna make it, like I thought we would

So why can't we just pack it up and say we did the best we could

I shoulda been a doctor or a lawyer, or a policeman on patrol

Instead I'm a casualty of rock and roll



Tell my mama and my daddy that I tried

Tell all my friends and family goodbye

'Cuz if the road is where you live boy, the road is where you'll die

Tell my mama and my daddy that I tried



We ain't ever gonna make it, like I thought we would

So why can't we just pack it up and say we did the best we could

I gave my heart to the highway, she returned it full of holes

We're just casualties of rock and roll



Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll

Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll