Just Enough

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You said I was 15 when I first tasted lightning

From a batch my daddy made himself

I stole a jug for me and the neighbour's daughter

I wanted her more than I feared daddy's belt

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And when the buzzing took the place of the burning

Well that drunk kiss she gave me

Made me burn more than I ever burned before

And it was just enough, just enough

Yeah, just enough to want some more

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Like a drop of water to a thirsty man

Like a postcard picture of the promise land

A piece of penny candy from an old dime store

And it was just enough, just enough

Yeah, just enough to want some more

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Then he said,

I was up for anything when I was younger

I raised more hell than the devil did himself

But the good Lord must have knew I needed an angel

As I was on my way to an early grave or jail

She was a breath of spring in a long green cotton dress

And she looked my way when I didn't know what I was looking for

And it was just enough, just enough

Yeah, just enough to want me some more

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Like a sip of whiskey to a drinking man

Like a sprinkle of rain on the desert sand

A little ray of daylight on the jail house floor

And it was just enough, just enough

Yeah, just enough to want me some more

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Then he said,

Now I'm old and cripple and some would say wiser

I can't believe how fast the years they fly

And the one thing that I've learned in all my years of living

Is that you never lived enough when you die

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Like a drop of water to a thirsty man

Like a postcard picture of the promise land

A piece of penny candy from an old dime store

And it was just enough, just enough

Yeah, just enough

And it was just enough, just enough

Yeah, just enough

It was just enough, just enough

Yeah, just enough to want me some more

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