Rattlesnake Eyes
Words by Dylan Sam Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu7PwjNWVio
I said, "Goddamn, whose that man that's looking at me?"
His rattlesnake eyes are locked on the prize for what feels like far too long.
And he's mumbling words, and he's saying prayers,
and he's rubbing his fingers through his pomade hair,
and I know that man in the mirror, but he doesn't know me.
I said I know that man in the mirror, but he doesn't know me.
Baby, you don't know yourself, and you probably never will.
You keep yourself in chains, you keep playing games, and run in circles all the same.
And your rattlesnake eyes never go away!
Goddamn.
I said, "My friend, you're the man that's keeping you down."
Excuse after excuse has got you wearin' that same old frown.
And you were born to lose, you've been singin' the blues,
I heard this song before.
You're a broken record, no harmony, spinning on repeat.
You're a broken record, no harmony, spinning on repeat.
Baby, you don't know yourself, and you probably never will.
You keep yourself in chains, you keep playing games, and run in circles all the same.
And your rattlesnake eyes never go away!
Goddamn.
