Lyrics Restin' Bones - Primus

Restin' Bones

Came up on a worried man, asked him if he had a light.
He reached on down, dug in his shoe, figured in his sock he might.
He asked if he could come and join, at what we was partakinЂ™ in.
I says, olЂ™ soul if you got a match, you also got yourself a friend.
The smoke drew hard but laid in good, the neon gave us extra shine.
We passed around a flask of knockando, and a half litre bottle of wine.
The worried man dropped down to his knees, and let out with a somber groan.
He looked up to me and when I asked, he said, IЂ™m just restinЂ™ my bones.
I looked down at him, and him up at me, then a smile rose above his chin.
He grabbed me by the arm and pulled me down, said, listen to me now my friend.
When I was your age I did it all, more than many men could do,
Now my possessions are the ones I wear on my back, and this lighter I keep in
my shoe.
ThatЂ™s why IЂ™m restinЂ™ my bones.
IЂ™m restinЂ™ my bones for the times I fell, fell and hit myself on the ground.
RestinЂ™ my bones for the loneliness, of being the only genius around.
IЂ™m restinЂ™ my bones for prosperity, in hopes that itЂ™ll do me some good.
IЂ™m restinЂ™ bones from amphetamines, see they turned teeth to balsa wood.
IЂ™m restinЂ™ bones for johnny cash, Ђ™cause for me and mine heЂ™s wearinЂ™
black.
IЂ™ll be restinЂ™ my bones for elvis, I seen him last week at the track.
If IЂ™m restinЂ™ bones and you come along, just try and tippy toe on by.
Ђ™cause when IЂ™m restinЂ™ bones I hope to sleep, and maybe slip away and die.