From the recording Earth & Fire

3. Bucket & A String 3:00
Mike Quick - vocal, 3 string cigar box
Matt McKeown - drums

Produced by: Billy Chapin
written by: Mike Quick

Lyrics

Everybody's ringing
nobody answers the call
I got a hundred fires
And I can't stop them all

Hopes and prayers
Are dancing on my grave
Give me a nickel and a bus
back to younger days

Got a Guitar, suitcase
lyrics a mile long
Please don't ask me to sing
another deadman's song

You say you got to live like a king
I'll be doing fine with a bucket and a string
I'll be doing fine, I'll be doing fine
I'll be doing fine with a bucket and a string

I'm easy with the ladies
A gentleman takes it slow
She watered down my whiskey
She wants another round to go

You say you ran with Elvis
when you used to rock and roll
I think the more you talk
the fatter your tail is told

I was 15 lost my virginity to Beverly
She was a sweet black frame
That flipped me like a willow tree

You say you got to live like a king
I'll be doing fine with a bucket and a string
I'll be doing fine, I'll be doing fine
I'll be doing fine with a bucket and a string