Good Ones Go

Chasing Winds and Tumbleweeds: Jon Wood's Anthem of Wild Independence
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Lyrics

I'll smoke til the last drags gone

I will continue smoking until there's no more smoke left.

Drink til they turn off the neon

I will keep drinking until the neon lights are turned off.

I'll do what the hell I want

I will do whatever I want without concern.

I'd say I've learned but I ain't

I might claim to have learned, but in reality, I haven't.

Little more hell raiser than saint

I am more of a troublemaker than a saint.

Don't give a damn what you think

I don't care about your opinion or judgment.

Just like that '69 Camaro rusted by the weather

Reference to a '69 Camaro, symbolizing a past that has weathered hardships.

Had its run in the sun

The Camaro had its glory days in the sun.

Now it's done with the road

Now the Camaro is retired from the road.

With this wild all in my blood

The wild and rebellious spirit is part of the narrator's nature.

I guess them girls know better

Suggesting that certain individuals understand the narrator better.

Can't change what's in my veins I'm to blame

Accepting responsibility for one's inherent qualities.

When the good ones go

Referring to the departure of people who are considered 'good.'

When the good ones go

Repetition of the idea of losing 'good' individuals.

I'm always chasing that wind

The narrator is consistently pursuing something elusive and unpredictable.

Not knowing what's round the bend

Uncertainty about what the future holds.

But I know this shit's gotta end

A realization that the current lifestyle needs to change.

'Cause I'm sick of watching 'em leave

Expressing dissatisfaction with witnessing good people leaving.

I'm a tumbleweed on the breeze; I gotta be me

Describing oneself as a free spirit, like a tumbleweed carried by the wind.

Like that '69 Camaro rusted by the weather

Reiteration of the '69 Camaro metaphor, emphasizing its weathered state.

Had its run in the sun

Recalling the Camaro's past glory days in the sun.

Now it's done with the road

The Camaro is retired from the road, paralleling the narrator's journey.

With this wild all in my blood

The wild and rebellious nature is an integral part of the narrator.

I guess them girls know better

Suggesting that certain individuals understand the narrator better.

Can't change what's in my veins I'm to blame

Accepting responsibility for one's inherent qualities.

When the good ones go

Repetition of the idea of losing 'good' individuals.

Just like that '69 Camaro rusted by the weather

Reiteration of the '69 Camaro metaphor, emphasizing its weathered state.

Had its run in the sun

Recalling the Camaro's past glory days in the sun.

Now it's done with the road

The Camaro is retired from the road, paralleling the narrator's journey.

With this wild all in my blood

The wild and rebellious nature is an integral part of the narrator.

I guess them girls know better

Suggesting that certain individuals understand the narrator better.

Can't change what's in my veins I'm to blame

Accepting responsibility for one's inherent qualities.

When the good ones go

Repetition of the idea of losing 'good' individuals.

When the good ones go

Repetition of the concept of losing 'good' individuals.

When the good ones go

Repetition emphasizing the departure of 'good' individuals.

When the good ones go

Reiteration of the idea of losing 'good' individuals.

I'll smoke til the last drags gone

Repetition of the opening line, emphasizing the act of smoking until the end.

Drink til they turn off the neon

Repetition of the act of drinking until the neon lights are turned off.

I'll do what the hell I want

Reiteration of the narrator's determination to do whatever they want.

Yeah what the hell I want

Emphasizing the narrator's freedom to do as they please.

The lyrics of this song contain explicit content.
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