As they took his soul they stole his pride (pride) Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say As he faced the sun he cast no shadow As he faced the sun he cast no shadow (ah) Here's a thought for every man Who tries to understand what is

We never even talked We never even thought in the long run Whenever it was painful Whenever I was away I’d miss you And I want to see you here beside me, dear But things aren’t clear We never even tried And I miss you

By the ones you think you love And felled in the night They will come for you And you thought the lions were bad Well they tried to kill my brothers Felled in the night Go go go go go go And for every king that died Oh they would crown another

Tried to tell you I was nothin' but trouble, baby Tried to tell you that I lost my mind Yeah but baby you thought that was a lie I tried to tell ya I was crazy Alright, alright It's four in the mornin', dirt road in Georgia with lights in the rear view

Shake it, sh-shake it It keeps holding on and on And it's holding strong But it's holding on Even though I tried to make it Played the part, but I can't fake it It keeps holding on Even though I tried to break it Heaven knows that I can't shake it

Tempted and tried we're oft made to wonder why it should be thus all the day long While there are others living about us, never molested, though in the wrong When death has come and taken our loved ones, it leaves our home so lonely and dreary Then do we

I've been from Spain to Tokyo From Africa to Ohio I never tried to make the news I'm just a man who plays the blues I take my lovin' everywhere I never make my move too soon Three days of snow in Birmingham Thought you would wonder where I am Rang our

Too many broken promises Too many Trail of Tears Too many times you were left cold For oh so many years Too many times you walked away And was made to feel ashamed And though you only tried to give You were often blamed How can this world be so dark

Goodbye to love Thought it was better with a broken heart But it's so damn hard to restart I tried to stitch it up a billion times But there's no happy end now for the story of you and I It's a quarter to one And we're screaming at the top of our lungs

It's all in the one word It's all in a day One day in a life The one word is goodbye It's all in what you say Though you've tried to be kind