Freakwater - Good For Nothing lyrics

[G] I've been good, and I've been [C] good for nothing I had it [G] bad for something seems [D]like a long time ago [G] And the dirt beneath my nails is not from [C] some field of flowers [G] Sown by the April showers and what they may or [C] may not bring [G] I always get lucky [C] in the [G] spring I [D] have been [G] good for nothing [C] Loose lips are bound to sink ships And many times I've watched [G] my own self drown [C] Clinging fast to my lucidity Like a life raft that's al[D]ways sinking down [C] One big drink and then another Pull my head down far [G] beneath the waves [D] Where I'm living like a mermaid decked in stolen j**els From the drowning men [G] I've saved I've been good, and I've been good for nothing I had it bad for something seems like a long time ago And the dirt beneath my nails is not from some field of flowers Sown by the April showers and what they may or may not bring I always get lucky in the spring I have been good for nothing [Solo over chords from chorus] Black crows break and scatter wide The buckshot blast soaring out of sight Clouds of heat and dust that rise up from the ground On a slow and gasping flight I'm bound to think about my brother When August s**s the colors from the air And Kudzu vines make tangled monsters Of the trees where we first learned to play fair [Same chords as chorus] Forgive and forget are words that never slid across my tongue Revenge like a fleeting Christmas morning I knew when I was young Put the toys back in their boxes Let me tear the ribbons off them just once more Inside my little box of bones a ray of light shines Where I'm slowly keeping score I've been good, and I've been good for nothing I had it bad for something seems like a long time ago And the dirt beneath my nails is not From some field of flowers Sung by the April showers and what they may or may not bring I always get lucky in the spring I have been good for nothing I have been good for nothing