Justin Baird – Rattlesnake Lyrics

She takes her time getting up in the morning
Cuz' beauty ain't a thing worth rushin'
The sunlight dances off the dust in the room
She puts on her makeup just to hide the bruise
That her boyfriend left when she tried to choose
A life without him or there's no life at all

She tells herself that he's a good man
He works all day and gets drunk off of cans
If it weren't for him, she'd be nothing at all
But there ain't a day that doesn't go by
That she's afraid she'll get another black eye
From the man that says he loves her more than anything

Well its only gonna be a matter of time
Man, if I were you, I'd take my advice

That fucking with her is a chance that I wouldn't take
Cuz that girl is coiled up like a rattlesnake
She ain't gonna let you get through her alive

She cooks dinner and he reads the news
She cleans the house and he hits the booze
By the end of the night, he'll hit her too
But this night is different, tonight's not the same
She hit him in the mouth and he felt the pain
She poked the bear, and he's madder than hell

He started yelling and she starts to run
She ran to the room and she got a shotgun
A double-barrel 12 gauge, she's rattling now
"One step closer and I'll put you down"
Was the last thing she said before the hammer fell down
And the bear fell like the venom hit his veins

Well its only gonna be a matter of time
Man, if I were you, I'd take my advice

That fucking with her is a chance that I wouldn't take
Cuz that girl is coiled up like a rattlesnake
She ain't gonna let you get through her alive