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Ballad Of A Broken Man

from Never Going Back Home by Zander Michigan

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I was sitting in a drainpipe
Waiting for my next life
When it didn’t come to me
I sat in silence, crying

I was feeling so shook up
No use for to look up
I took my eyeballs out with ease
I didn’t need to see

I’ve made a lot of mistakes
And caused a lot of earthquakes
I bought a stick of Elmer’s glue
To piece back all the smoke I blew

I never thought it could be true
Or it should be true
You never turned away from me
But I never looked back at you

I was walking down the wrong road
Looking for to unload
When I found what I was looking for
I didn’t want it anymore

I’ve spent all of my savings
On stupid senseless cravings
I didn’t know where I was
Or how I felt before

I’ve made such a mistake
Crucified on my own stake
I hung myself up
To get another look at you

I never said, “I love you too”
But I loved you too
You always kept your eye on me
But I never watched over you

I was riding in a train car
Rolling down to somewhere far
I knew I couldn’t see you anymore
It’s happened way too many times before

I was spitting at the rich man
He had a bible in his right hand
He just looked down on me
Said my soul couldn’t be saved

No one told me which way to turn
That’s one lesson I have yet to learn
A skinny woman once locked me in a trunk
But then dumped me out with all the rest of her junk

I always thought I lived a lie
But I’m in disguise
You always did provide for me
But I never took care of you

I was sleeping ‘neath a lamppost
Face to face with my ghost
I didn’t let it get the best of me
It laughed and said, “Just you wait and see”

I dust my self off and stumbled down the street
No shoes, no shirt, with nothing else to eat
My fists were clenched real tight
Just to fend off the night

I drop down to my knees and look up real high
I couldn’t see the stars from the sky
I looked down and saw my life inside my hands
My name’s been written in the sand

I always thought I couldn’t cry
Until we said goodbye
You always gave your life to me
But I never gave mine to you

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from Never Going Back Home, released September 1, 2013

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