A Man Go Wandering

from Through the Darkness and the Cold by Elliot Thomas

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Well I'd been good man
didn't need no government
and I took my troubles in my stride
But then she cut me down
left me a broken man
to sleep without her by my side.

And when you break a man
he may go wandering
and he may take what he can trust.
And if you back a man into a corner
you'll see that he will do what he must.

I trusted the alcohol
knew it would get me there
and it made much more sense than when I was dry.
And with a little more
I did feel sane again
though with a splinter in my eye.

And men of ill repute
did call me brother
and bawdy Jezebel called in the night.
And somewhere on that road
I lost my sacred load
and still it haunts me
oh hear me cry.

That when you break a man
he may go wandering
and he may take what he can find.
But if you hunt a man
like he's an animal
Well it's an animal you may find.

Don't tell me what I've done
I do not wish to know
That was a broken man
Those were his crimes.
He felt no anger
He felt no bitterness
Just a misery that drowned the light.
And when he'd close his eyes
he'd feel his weeping heart and miss the one who'd sunk the knife.

That when you break a man
he may go wandering
and he may take what he can find.
And if you go looking
for the devil in me
Surely the devil you will find.
But just know one thing
I was a broken man
and I went stumbling in the night.
And if you hunt a man
like he's an animal
Well it's an animal you may find.

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from Through the Darkness and the Cold, released November 24, 2016

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