Bob McKillop: Music

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This song was inspired by an event in the life of a person who I love that made me angry; but it's not about that event or that person...

songs often evolve away from the thing that inspired them, and become something more, something different.

Bob - acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocals /
Alan Dickson - bass /
Jason Ingalls - drums

First Verse

I keep hittin’ trees
When I’m drivin’ in my truck
Some say its my drinkin’
I say Its just bad luck..

Second Verse

I keep hittin’ trees
But I swear that I’m not tryin’
I’m strung out like a skid row snake
But I’m not down with dyin’..

Refrain

Can’t seem to get my life up off it’s knees,
‘Cause I keep hittin’ trees..

Third Verse

I keep hittin’ trees
Ain’t killed nobody yet
But the boys down at Delancy’s Bar,
Got a runnin’ bet..

Fourth Verse

I keep hittin’ trees
And the cops are gettin’ mean
They threw me in the slammer last time
So now I leave the scene..

Refrain

Can’t seem to get my life up off it’s knees
‘Cause I keep hittin’ trees


Bridge

Just before my body takes the punch
In that flash of pain and fear
Regrets pour out around me
In a fog of sweat and tears
My life rolls out behind me
On a twisted, useless trail
It’s the street map for a loser,
And the roads all go to hell…

‘Cause I keep hittin’ trees


Fifth Verse

I keep hittin’ trees
When I’m drivin’ in my truck
Some say its my drinkin’
I say its just bad luck

Final verse

I keep hittin’ trees
But I know that I can stop
If these lessons I keep learning
Would start risin’ to the top..

Final refrain

Some day I’ll get my life up off it’s knees
But until that day
I’ll keep hittin’ trees
I just keep hittin’ trees
I keep hittin’ trees