Song Description
Man seeking advice to write a song from a former country music star and got more than what he had even asked for. Traditional concepts of great country music songs.
| Song Length |
3:29 |
Genre |
Country - Honky Tonk, Country - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled |
Subject |
Philosophy, Relationship |
| Similar Artists |
Toby Keith, Brad Paisley |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
'Cuttin Edge
T. Edwin Doss t.edwindoss@wildblue.net 240-604-3900
Saw him 'sittin on a stool in a back street bar.. He Used to be a country music star Gray hair 'lookin blue in the neon light Asked him if he could give me a tip 'writin a 'cuttin edge song that was "hip" with a few good lines I couldn't write He downed that Jack Daniels real slow said, "Boy there are a few things..you need to know":
"'Cuttin edge is 'nothin more than 'wakin up on a cold, bare floor
'livin in sin over again..don't know where the hell you've been....
'losin everything you own..wife and baby girl are long gone..
Only thing that loves you is that last bottle of gin. .. Fall down on your knees.. bow your head... that's when you know... you're on the 'cuttin edge."
Was a moment of silence then Walked away from what I stepped in He mumbled a few more words in his 'livin hell Came to me later that night with all the demons I had to fight
they couldn't compare with his story to tell Heard someone 'playin Haggard down the street every line I heard.... it all came back to me:
" 'cuttin edge is 'nothin more than 'wakin up on a cold, bare floor
'Livin in sin over again..don't know where the hell you have been....
'Losin everything you own..your wife and baby girl are long gone
The only thing that loves you is that last bottle of gin. ..
You fall down on your knees.. bow your head... that's when you know... you're on the 'cuttin edge."
'Runnin from the demons you fight Nightmares wake you up at first light Hank and Jones 'ringin in your ears 'holdin back tears with a " 'mornin sober up" beer.
"'Cuttin edge is 'nothin more than 'wakin up on a cold, bare floor
'livin in sin over again..don't know where the hell you've been....
'losin everything you own.. wife and baby girl are long gone..
Only thing that loves you is that last bottle of gin. .. Fall down on your knees.. bow your head... that's when you know... you're on the 'cuttin edge."