You can't afford no ring I shouldn't be wearing white and you can't afford no ring You finally took my hand Mama don't approve Baby's on its way It took a nip of gin But you finally took my hand Daddy says he's the best in town

I was never enough for you Was whatever you wanted me to But you took that from me, yeah I should have known, I should've known Don't waste my time My legs are weary but I still walk My hands are sore and broken but I still clutch My heart is jaded but I

Now I'm here (now I'm here) Here I stand (here I stand) Look around around around around around But you won't see me (but you won't see me) Now I'm there (now I'm there) Just a new man Yes you made me live again, wow A baby I was when you took my hand

She's out of my life And it cuts like a knife It's out of my hands And I don't know whether to laugh or cry I don't know whether to live or die To think for two years she was here And I took her for granted I was so cavalier Now the way that it stands

But I looked away And she ran away from me today; She took my hand And tried to make me understand That she would always be there, I'm such a lonely man. It came as no surprise to me That she'd leave me in misery. It seemed like only yesterday She made a

I just looked myself Straight in the eyes and saw That I had to move To higher places So I took my courage In both hands and I pushed off the ground With all my might Took off from the red place

Man-made shame You see my pain is real Watch my world dissolve And pretend that none of us see the fall As I turned to sand You took me by the hand And declared, that love prevails over all All of what remains

Yeah yeah and it's okay I tie my hands up to a chair so I don't fall that way Yeah yeah and I'm alright I took a sip of something poison but I'll hold on tight I took a sip of something poison, a sip of something poison Sometimes life it takes you by the

Man-made shame You see my pain is real Watch my world dissolve And pretend that none of us see the fall As I turned to sand You took me by the hand And declared, that love prevails over all All of what remains

Mama this one’s for you Oh mama I saw the world And it was good Every step I took you held my hand And watched me grow You’ll never know How much I love you And I am not afraid, I’m not afraid I finally grew