The way you talk makes me ignore Every single word So I think of something else And fake it with the few I think I've heard She used to pray each night for God to come And wash away my sins But I'd just wake up And do them all over again I knew it wouldn't last You never bothered to ask I'm just another bum Who hopped on the wrong train You're lucky you're just my wife Because I've been like this my whole life I was born Drunk, tired and mean I was brought up by desperate fools Trying to drink away a small town curse Until the day I met you baby Things just started getting worse Now I'm too old to even remember Just what might have been But I sure as hell Wouldn't do any of this again I knew it wouldn't last You never bothered to ask I'm just another bum Who hopped on the wrong train You're lucky you're just my wife Because I've been like this my whole life I was born Drunk, tired and mean I knew it wouldn't last You never bothered to ask I'm just another bum Who hopped on the wrong train You're lucky you're just my wife Because I've been like this my whole life I was born Drunk, tired and mean