Sometimes you reach the end of your tether
Sometimes you run out of rope
Sometimes the world is in a bad place
Sometimes you run out of hope`
Sometimes you need to turn a fresh page
Sometimes you wipe the slate clean
Sometimes you're up to your eyeballs with rage
You need a shot from the hip, if you know what I mean

With his hand on my shoulder
With his smooth-talking trip
I unscrewed another JD and put it to my lip.
He said ‘drink that liquor down my friend - yeah take another drop'
It’s so easy to start when you don’t know when to stop
Just one more, just one more, just one more evil sip
That was the day I sold my shadow to the devil

I sold all the stuff I used to own
I sold my best friend's wedding ring
I sold my life, my love, my family
Every last goddamn thing
Now I always walk where the sun don’t shine
Where no one ever sees
Because there ain’t no shadows when the sun don’t shine
Down here on my knees

With his hand on my shoulder
With his smooth-talking trip
I grabbed another cold one and put the bottle to my lip.
He said ‘drink that Bud right down my friend - yeah take another slug'
But it’s hard to keep hold when you’re falling off the rug
Just one more, just one more, just one more evil sip
That was the day I sold my shadow to the devil

I should have stopped right there
Turned my face to the light
I’m just an ordinary man
I used to know wrong from right
Until the day I sold my shadow to the devil

With his hand on my shoulder
With his smooth-talking trip
I unscrewed another Miller and put it to my lip.
He said ‘drink that baby down my friend - yeah swallow every drop...'
It’s an easy slide from a hit to a flop
Just one more, just one more, just one more evil sip
That was the day I sold my shadow to the devil