Queen sized mattress on an old wood oak floor And I don't see the need in closin' the screen door I wanna hear the birds when the day finally comes How I fear all my days of bein' young or done Were only just begun How close can a man come to God before dyin'? About as close as you were when you were tryin' You shade the sun from your eyes on the creek's edge, darling There's a bar down the bend they managed bendin' blues guitar in When the day is done And those neon lights call you home You'll be begging for a savior To let you save him The savage times of twenty so When the night is through And those American girls are headed home You'll be begging of your savior To let you save her From the sweet nights of twenty so ♪ And I know how hard it is to love a boy like me With my dry sense of humor and my reckless tendencies But not all labor is done with heart and hands You've been chompin' at the bit just to love an honest man So when the day is done And those neon lights call you home You'll be begging of a savior To let you save him The savage times of twenty so When the night is through And those American girls are headed home You'll be begging of your savior To let you save her From the sweet nights of twenty so ♪ So when the day is done And those neon lights call you home You'll be begging for your savior To let you save him The savage times of twenty so When the night is through And those American girls are headed home You'll be begging of your savior To let you save her From the sweet nights of twenty so