Keep Out The Chill

[Verse 1]
Hey it's Friday night in the drunk tank, and you're down on your luck
You got 48 hours to tell it to the judge
And all your best intentions, they turn from gold to dust
You've always had this time bomb ticking in your guts

[Pre-Chorus]
You can only blame so much on circumstance
The real sick puppies, they don't get much of a chance

[Chorus]
At the feel-good mill
Down at the feel-good mill, no, oh
And there's so much time to kill
I been tryin', I been tryin', I been tryin', I been tryin', I been tryin'
Tryin' to keep out the chill

[Verse 2]
I am guilty of transgression, I have lied and not loved
I have falsified, traumatized, victimized as if that weren't enough
And I have heard the Good Shepherd always seeks His lost sheep
Why is it that all my life I'm keeping him at arm's length?

[Pre-Chorus 2]
You can only blame so much on the lack of insurance
The real sick puppies, they just learn to endure it

[Chorus]
At the feel-good mill
Oh, down at the feel-good mill, no, oh
And there's so much time to kill
I been tryin', I been tryin', I been tryin', I been tryin', tryin', tryin'
Tryin' to keep out the chill

[Banjo-Ukulele Solo]
[Slide Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
You got lepers in your bedroom, and there are beggars in your pantry
Those post-traumatic-stress veterans who saw "Platoon" one time too many
So they buy into the voodoo and the hoodoo and the bingo
That drab vocabulary and that therapeutic lingo

[Pre-Chorus 3]
You could lay it all down between the legs of affluence
But the real sick puppies, they're just glad to abuse it

[Chorus]
At the feel-good mill
Down at the feel-good mill, no, oh
And there's so much time to kill
I been tryin', I been tryin', I been tryin', I been tryin', tryin', tryin', tryin', tryin'
I been tryin', tyrin', tryin', tryin', tryin', tryin'
Tryin' to keep out the chill
Tryin' to keep out the chill
I been tryin', I been tryin' to keep out the chill

[Slide Guitar Solo]