This Old Skin

[Intro] [Verse] It was ’96 in South Carolina That’s the place and not the goddamn year Sittin’ on the porch out at Bobby’s place Just tuggin’ on a Lukewarm beer [Pre-Chorus] And there I was peepin’ like an old sidewinder Just an inch or so above the mud The first to find out that it’s rainin’ Is the last to find out it’s a flood [Verse] And it was paradise valley Nevada Not far from where the west was won I am the only black face in the whole damn place Just a raisin’ in the blazing sun [Pre-Chorus] And there I am like that old sidewinder Just wishin’ that her eggs ain’t hatched And the chain I wear has ’em wishin’ for the day When it came with a ball attached [Chorus] So I’m gonna move   right outta this town   This old skin stops weighing me down This old skin [Bridge] He was sittin’ in the very same spot that Otis Sat to watch the dock of the bay In the very same spot that the ships rolled in Now there’s nothin’ but the mud and the clay [Chorus] I’m gonna move   right outta this town This old skin     is weighing me down This old skin [Instrumental] [Verse] Outside Orlando in the sunshine state Has just upped itself another degree I am the very last orange of the whole year’s crop Hangin’ dearly to the branch of the tree [Pre Chorus] And the wind and the spring couldn’t do anything So I’m burnin’ in the sun of the south That old sidewinder in the dust below I’m just waiting till it opens its mouth [Chorus] So I’m gonna move   right outta this town When this old skin  finally touches the ground This old skin [Bridge] He was sittin’ in the very same spot that Otis Sat to watch the dock of the bay In the very same spot that the ships rolled in Now there’s nothin’ but the mud and the clay [Chorus] Now I’m gonna move   right outta this town When this old skin   finally touches the ground This old skin    This old skin This old skin      This old skin