Since I was born I’ve done most everything I’d break my body and start over again With eyes stained bloodshot and heavy as lead I’ve left a trail of ash wherever I’ve been My lungs are drowning filled with gasoline My bones are ringing hollow with every tread I wouldn’t act on Dr. Needle’s advice They shot me down and had to bury me twice Though bugs and spiders still twitched in my veins Must be a reason I keep coming back Some basic function that I seem to lack Gonna ride that horse while Satan pulls on the reins But there’s no use regretting the life I’ve led I made my choice now I’ll lay in my bed So I’m going back to the Grim Counties Back where the sun can’t bleach my bones Back where the blood’s still running freely Back to the corners that I know I could go see a priest Start praying down on my knees Or call up the church and get JC on the wire Maybe he could explain the sparks are borne in yr brain And if yr cold in the ground then yr avoiding the fires There’s no use regretting the lives I’ve bled I made my choice now I’ll lay in my bed So I’m going back to the Grim Counties Back where the sun can’t bleach my bones Back where the blood’s still running freely Back to the corners that I know