Real Bad Fever

Verse 1

Left

My keys

On your kitchen floor

Slammed the heavy oak door

Now my head feels like lead

Thinking

About

The mess we made

Checking the debt we paid

You kept the copper pot

Kept the dog

I got the cold shoulder

Got the sink

Got the leak

And the graying hair

Fading fast like summer air

Chorus

She is the ache in my bones

She is the static on the phones

A real bad fever

Yeah a real bad fever

She is the thorn in my side

Nowhere left for me to hide

A real bad fever

Yeah a real bad fever

Post-Chorus

Hey hey hey

Roll it on back

Move it along

Keep it moving

Yeah

Verse 2

Stung

By

A honeybee grudge

Dirty water and thick sludge

I saw your car

Parked at the bar

Tires flat

Hat

Backwards on the dash

Counting up all the cash

Bitter bottles

Bitter breaks

Bitter bitter bitter mistakes

You call me up

Call me down

Call me out to the edge of town

Chorus

She is the ache in my bones

She is the static on the phones

A real bad fever

Yeah a real bad fever

She is the thorn in my side

Nowhere left for me to hide

A real bad fever

Yeah a real bad fever

Bridge

Maybe you win

Maybe you lose

Maybe you just get the blues

I don't need the drama

I don't need the trauma

I don't need the ghost of you

Dragging me under

Ripping me asunder

Lightning without the thunder

Guitar Solo

Chorus

She is the ache in my bones

She is the static on the phones

A real bad fever

Yeah a real bad fever

She is the thorn in my side

Nowhere left for me to hide

A real bad fever

Yeah a real bad fever

Post-Chorus

Hey hey hey

Roll it on back

Move it along

Keep it moving

Yeah

Outro

Walking away now

Just walking away

Feeling okay now

Yeah

Checking the time

Leaving it all behind

Left the keys

Left the cold

Left the story

Folded up

Buried deep

Finally getting some sleep

Yeah

Some sleep

Goodnight