story bout a failed trip to luckenbach old miss virgie tended bar at this shack out in the hills it never made her no money boys but it paid up of all her bills well now she must have been eighty years old but her heart was warm and her beer was cold she gave away more than she ever sold just smilin all the time i used to sing off in the corner every friday night there s a loud crowd of cowboys and bikers and barroom fights now they was drinkin beer and carryin on not a one of them d listen to one of my songs but old miss virgie sang along she said she knew em all by heart and then one night after closin she poured me a beer she said come over here and sit down you little shit i got somethin you need to hear she said life isn t easy gettin through everybody s gonna make things tough on you but i can tell you right now if you dig what you do they ll never get you down she said life s too short to worry she said life s too long to wait and it s too short not to love everybody and life is too long to hate yeah i meet a lot of men who haggle finagle all the time tryin to save a nickel and make a dime she said not me boy no sir ee no i ain t a got the time now i ain t seen ol virgie i guess it s been about ten years i ve been bummin around this country singin my songs for tips and beers now the nights are long the driving s tough hotels stink and the pay sucks but i can t dig what i do enough so it never gets me down i say life s too short to worry life s too long to wait well it s too short not to love everybody and life is too long to hate i meet a lot of men who haggle finagle all the time just tryin to save a nickel and make a dime not me she said no sir ee you know i ain t a got the time that s right
['alternative country', 'country rock', 'folk', 'indie folk', 'nashville singer-songwriter', 'new americana', 'roots rock', 'texas country']