Flirtin' With Disaster

Album: Flirtin' With Disaster (1979)
Charted: 42
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  • I'm travelin' down the road
    I'm flirtin' with disaster
    I've got the pedal to the floor
    My life is running faster
    I'm out of money, I'm out of hope
    It looks like self destruction
    Well how much more can we take
    With all of this corruption

    We're flirtin' with disaster
    Ya'll know what I mean
    And the way we run our lives
    It makes no sense to me
    I don't know about yourself or what you want to be, yeah
    When we gamble with our time
    We choose our destiny

    I'm travelin' down that lonesome road
    Feel like I'm dragging a heavy load
    Yeah I've tried to turn my head away
    Feels about the same most every day

    You know what I'm talking about, baby

    Speeding down the fast lane, honey
    Playin' from town to town
    The boys and I have been burnin' it up, can't seem to slow it down
    I've got the pedal to the floor, our lives are runnin' faster
    Got our sights set straight ahead
    But ain't sure what we're after

    Flirtin' with disaster, ya'll damn sure know what I mean
    You know the way we run our lives it makes no sense to me
    I don't know about yourself or what you plan to be, yea
    When we gamble with our time, we choose our destiny

    Yeah, I'm travelin' down that lonesome road
    Feel like I'm dragging a heavy load
    Don't tried to turn my head away
    I'm flirtin' with disaster every day

    And you are too, baby, ha ha ha

    Flirtin' with disaster, baby
    Ya'll know what I mean
    You know the way we run our lives
    It makes no sense to me
    I don't know about yourself or what you plan to be
    When we gamble with our time, we choose our destiny

    Yeah, we're traveling down this lonesome road
    Feel like I'm dragging a heavy load
    Don't try and turn my head away, ba ba ba yeah
    Flirtin' with disaster every day Writer/s: Banner Harvey Thomas, Danny Joe Brown, David Hlubek
    Publisher: RECORDS ON THE WALL, INC, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Jon C. from Billings, MtI really, REALLY wish MetallicA would cover this song.
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