I got holes in my boots

I got holes in my jeans

I got holes in my pockets

And holes in my dreams

Three meals don't come squarely

Paying gigs come rarely

Rumors going 'round town that

I'm just barely hankin' on

But I'm still hankin' on

Bending these strings

Singing these songs

Hankin' on

I got twenty in the bank

Twenty in my tank

Two crooked managers

And one ex-wife to thank

Record man keeps saying

My brand of country's dated

Momma keeps on praying

But I just keep on playing

Hankin' on

Yeah I just keep hankin' on

Bending these strings

Singing these songs

Hankin' on

So if I go to Heaven

Or if I got to Hell

I'll put a band together

And I'll pick 'em just as well

Hankin' on

Yeah I just keep hankin' on

Bending these strings

Singing these songs

Hankin' on

Banding these strings

Singing these songs

Hankin' on

I'm hankin' on

Singing my songs

Just hankin' on