Sad is the man who drinks with himself To fog up the day that precedes Sad then to happy from happy to bitter That bitter old man is me Hey, hey, drink
[ T.J. BERRY ] I SEE A LIGHT THAT S SHININ' THROUGH THE DARKNESS FAR AWAY [ PRE-CHORUS ] ITS IN THE CORNER OF MY MIND ITS FOR THE SAKE OF ALL MANKIND
[ verse 1 ] Wounds that will not heal Cover the scars of the tortured soul Like broken machinery Rusted and in the rain cannot be the same [ bridge ]
I don't want to barge in on your secrecy See dependency, see it means nothing to me I don't want to hear about your problems And I don't want to listen
[ T.J. BERRY ] WITH A PROMISE AND A PRAYER AND A SPARKLE IN HIS EYE HE GOES TO WORK EVERYDAY BUT HES BARELY GETTING BY AND AT THE END OF THE WEEK WITHOUT
She was diagnosed on a Friday The kids were almost home The kids were on their way Back home from school Lying face down in the gutter Of unaccomplished
Run, run, run, all you do is fucking run But you'll never run away from yourself I know it's hard but you've been there before And you know I'm gonna
[ T.J. BERRY ] WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THE KIDS THESE DAYS DRUNK AT 13 BY 11 THEY RE LAID THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH SOCIETY SHAPING THEIR OPINION OF
Don't forget just how we got here We've built this on the backs of the unrewarded They saved their sacrifice and died a fruitless death So, with my dying
[ T.J. BERRY ] WHISPERING SWEET NOTHINGS INTO THE VIRGIN EAR WADING THROUGH THE SHALLOW WATER CANT SEE MYSELF SO CLEAR [ PRE-CHORUS ] A THOUSAND PROMISES
That dripping faucet is killing me but I can't move I'm still asleep and thinking of those dreamy hollow nights Who were they to say what was wrong or
You will have the faith And you will have the power And you all shall kneel down before me I am the new god Touch my hand and I shall save your soul
Cemetery, break the stone Mom was right, should've stayed at home Seems like all the good old days are gone Back and forth, side to side A lonely boy
all my money And keep on going without a doubt I never thought I would make it this far Stumbling between every nightclub and bar Every time I seemed to catch
Two, three, four Why would a man who believed in no God Sacrifice all he had To kill or be killed in pursuit of a cause Was the fate that called to him
Bye bye miss American pie Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry Good old boys are drinkin' whiskey and rye Singin' this will be the die that
I'm leaving here today. I'm gonna go real far away from here. I'm gonna find a girl like the one I met in high school. But she's not gonna get away this
i dont need no stupid reasons to go around always treating everyone with impunityim better than you/ im better than you think take it easy im better off
