No Show Blues

I got a job in the valley but today I didn’t go
I need a day off but the boss said hell no
I’m gonna get drunk and smoke three packs of Marlboros

And part of me thinks I ain’t never gonna make it back home

I got a wife at the house, but she got no love for me

Plopped on the couch on her phone watching TV
The woman I married wasn’t nearly so goddam mean

And she didn’t suck down so many benzodiazepines

I’m gonna go to the bank and cash out my account
Drive straight to the tavern and drink a disgusting amount

Spin my pistol and baby you better look out
Cuz wherever it points I’m coming to your town

I had a job in the valley, but I doubt I do anymore
I took a day off and then I took four more
Been drunk since I left and chain smoking Marlboros
And part of me thinks I ain’t never gonna make it back home