Queen size mattress on an old wood oak floor
And I don´t see the need in closin´ a screen door
I wanna hear the birds when the day finally comes
I fear all my days of bein´ young are down, we´re only just begun

How close can a man come to God before dyin´?
About as close as you were when you were tryin´
To shade the sun from your eyes on the creek´s edge darlin´
There´s a bar ´round the bend a man is bendin´ blues guitarin´

When the day is done
And those neon lights call you home
You´ll be beggin´ of a Saviour to let you save her
The sad times of twenty-so
When the night is through
And those American girls are headed home
You´ll be beggin´ of your Saviour to let you save her
From the sweet nights of twenty-so

And I know how hard it is to love a boy like me
With my dry sense of humour and my reckless tendencies
But not all labour´s done with hardened hands
You been chompin´ at the bit, just to love an honest man

So when the day is done
And those neon lights call you home
You´ll be beggin´ of a Saviour to let you save her
The sad times of twenty-so
When the night is through
And those American girls are headed home
You´ll be beggin´ of your Saviour to let you save her
From the sweet nights of twenty-so

So when the day is done
And those neon lights call you home
You´ll be beggin´ for your Saviour to let you save her
The savage times of twenty-so
When the night is through
And those American girls are headed home
You´ll be beggin´ of your Saviour to let you save her
From the sweet nights of twenty-so