I Keep Count

Intro Six... seven... Ten steps to that door, friend. You're on nine.

Verse 1 I never learned to threaten worth a damn I just learned to count, and count it right Paces to the door, rounds in the drum Seconds it takes a liar to say goodnight I count the beers that make a loud man brave I count the steps from his stool to my chair I count the debts still walkin' round this town Wearin' Sunday suits like they was never there

Chorus I keep count, I keep count Every debt walkin' round this town God forgives and the river forgets But me — I write it down

Verse 2 The devil likes a man whose books stay clean He tips his hat whenever I walk by Says of all the counters he has ever kept I'm the only one who never wrote a lie

Chorus I keep count, I keep count Every debt walkin' round this town God forgives and the river forgets But me — I write it down

Bridge You want to know the one thing I don't count? Everybody asks. I'll tell you straight. Countin' keeps a man's mind in the ledger — I quit countin' birthdays at eight. I keep count, I keep count Every debt walkin' round this town God forgives and the river forgets But me — I write it down

Outro Five... six... seven...

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