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

I'm just burning out And I stepped in line To walk amongst the I'm not growing up I declare I don't care no more I'm burning up and out and Growing bored In my smoked out boring room

Why don't you catch my pony, now saddle up my black mare? ...my pony, saddle up, up my black mare? You know, I'm gonna find my baby, well, in the world somewhere You know, he's a travelin' horse, an' he's too black bad He's a travelin' pony, I declare,

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

Have you heard about my baby? Yes, how I love her you don't know How I love, how I love her you don't know I declare it hurt me so bad Yes, when I heard she'd got to go Yes I tried, yes I tried, but I let her down Heard about my baby? Ooh yes, I tried

Whoah, the girl I love, she got long black wavy hair I do declare! The girl I love, yeah, she got long black wavy hair, Her mother and her father, lordy, They sure don't, sure don't allow me there. Well i, I'm goin? back to my baby, lord i, I swear I

I got my brand on you There ain't nothin' you can do baby There ain't nothin' you can do honey Oh you may go away and leave me girl, I declare you can't stay You gonna come runnin' back to me some lonesome day There ain't nothin' you can do darlin' Oh

Baby, baby, baby I love you But if it's all the same to you baby I'm gonna stop you from saying goodbye If you want my love, baby If you really do Don't be afraid, baby Just ask and ooh, I'm gonna give it to you Though I do declare, I want to see you

I would do anything for you And I would do anything for you Unconditioned, unconditional love I’m talking unconditioned, unconditional love Unconditional, unconditional Not in words, no I really mean it Let the whole damn world declare war on me Just for

All of my lovin' and everything The little girl she done put me down Yeah, ain't that a pity People ain't that a cryin' shame Ain't that a pity I declare it's a cryin' shame She wait till it got nine below zero And put me down for another man I give her