Biloxi (Live Acoustic)

[Intro]
So when I was seventeen
My dad moved to this little gamblin' town in southern Mississippi
Called Biloxi, Mississippi
Which, uh
Which is fine, he just forgot to tell his family where he was goin’
And a few years later I was figuring out songwriting
Writing a bunch of songs and, uh
Trying to get to that place where you
Where you really hit your stride, I guess
Or at least where you feel like you know what's goin' on
And I was, at the time I was listening to a bunch of Billy Joe Shaver’s music
He had a band called Shaver with his son Eddie
And I was way into it and sorta figurin' out
All the st— I knew I'd grown up, you know
I'd grown up listening to his stuff through, uh
Waylon Jennings and— and other people cuttin' his stuff
But I kinda discovered him as a songwriter in my early twenties
And, I'd like to say that I stole from him
But what I stole from him wasn't words, it was—
It was the, uh, it was the approach to writing
So close to your heart and so personal that
The— the song actually is so personal that it becomes universal
And everybody can understand what you're talkin’ about
’Cause really, when it comes down to it, man
We're all goin’ through the same shit
So this is a song about my dad
Actually, for my dad, askin' a few questions, it's called "Biloxi"

[Verse 1]
Where in hell did you go? You left us all alone
I wasn't even eighteen and you never turned around
Like some kid out on the run, you headed for the fun
Down in Biloxi and the Gulf of Mexico

[Chorus]
Where I guess, the girls, they’re pretty and nobody says it's late
And you can stay out all night long and never have hell to pay
Down in Biloxi, even when you're forty-one
Just forget your problems down in Biloxi

[Verse 2]
And you only came around to take a rest and come down
From Biloxi, but you were not the same
Pretending that you cared, pretending you were there
And not in Biloxi and the Gulf of Mexico

[Chorus]
Where I guess, the girls, they're pretty and nobody says it's late
And you can stay out all night long and never have hell to pay
Down in Biloxi, even when you're forty-one
You just forget your problems down in Biloxi

[Verse 3]
Well, did you really think you'd find more than you left behind
Back home in Houston? We all felt the loss
Hey, I don't mean to bring you down, but I still wonder what you found
There in Biloxi, was it worth the cost?

[Chorus]
Well, I hope the girls were pretty and nobody said it was late
And I hope you stayed out all night long and that you never had hell to pay
Down in Biloxi, when you were forty-one
Just forget your problems down in Biloxi