Her Name In Red Lyrics

The state put out a warrant for me Friday

Another week I couldn't pay what she's due

They're messing how they count my alimony

Cause there's nothing left but blood bones and sinew

They told the judge I'm wasting' all my money

That I spend it all before the payday's through

They want my boss to send to her directly

And she can send me what she doesn't use

Well I told that judge that they're mistaken

I can barely pay my rent and for my food

Every other penny is spent on that woman

And my buddy keeps a tab for me as proof

Well her lawyer she objected to my statement

She claimed she has some photos of the truth

Her evidence was passed up to his honor

There were pictures of me drinking in a bar

Well I set the record straight and told my story

To that judge so he could understand my truth

I go out every evening after working

The bartender keeps a tab of what I spend

The medicine I drink is listed clearly

As prescription with her name written in red

If it weren't for all the trouble and the heartache

I'd have a million pennies that I could send

Instead I have to pay for all her damage

It's spent on her and all the things that she did

Her lawyer said that just ain't the answer

And those photos that she had were not the end

She showed the judge some photos of me smoking

That weed she said I keep out in my shed

Your honor that just medicine I'm taking

To help me to unwind and go to bed

My doctor told me I really need it

For diagnosis he wrote her name in red

So, a quarter of my pay goes to her memory

The whiskey helps me wash her from my head

Another quarters spent to heal the heartache

The weed I smoke relieves the pain she left

I tend to eat my misery each evening

So some stranger brings me dinners in a sack

Each meal comes with a receipt for the record

And you'll see her name on every one I have

After all that money I spend on her

She wants another quarter of my pay

That leaves me without the rent and taxes

What's left to take when I am left for dead

Just take it all and leave me in my misery

With my last drop I'll write her name in red