He said I was fifteen when I first tasted lightening From a batch my daddy made himself A stolen joke 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 That drunk kiss 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 candy candy from an old dime store And it was just enough, just enough, yeah just enough To want some more And I was up for anything when I was younger I raised more hell than the devil did himself But the good lord must've knew I needed an angel 'Cause I was on my way to an early grave or jail She was a breath of spring in a long grin 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 a jailhouse floor And it was just enough, just enough, yeah just enough To want me some more 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 Like a drop of water to a thirsty man Like a postcard picture of the promise land A piece of candy 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