Chris Cagle Just Enough
He said I was fifteen when I first tasted lightening
From a batch my daddy made his self.
I stole a jug for me and the neighbor’s daughter
I wanted her more than I feared daddy’s belt
And when the buzzin took the place of the burning
Well that drunk kiss she gave me made me burn more than
I ever burned before
And it was just enough, just enough, yeah, just enough
To want some more.
And like a drop of water to a thirsty man
Like a postcard picture of the promise land
A piece of penny candy from an old dime store
And it was just enough, just enough, yeah, just enough
To want some more.
Then he said
And I was up for anything when I was younger,
I raised more hell than the devil did himself.
But the good Lord musta knew I needed an angel
‘cause I was on my way to an early grave or jail.
She was a breath of spring in long green cotton dress
And she looked my way when I didn’t know what I was
looking for
And it was just enough, just enough, yeah, just enough
to want me some more.
Like a sip of whiskey to a drinking man
Like a sprinkle of rain on the desert sand
A little ray of daylight on the jail house floor
And it was just enough, just enough, yeah, just enough
to want me some more.
Then he said
Now I’m old and crippled, and some say, wiser
I can’t believe how fast the years they fly
And the one thing that I've learned in all my years of
living
Is that you, you never lived enough when you die.
And like a drop of water to a thirsty man
Like a postcard picture of the promise land
A piece of penny candy from an old dime store
And it was just enough, just enough, yeah, just enough
It was just enough, just enough, yeah, just enough
It was just enough, just enough, yeah, just enough
To want me some more.