Unchained lyrics

Lord have mercy on me Was the kneeling drunkard's plea And as he knelt there on the ground I know that God in heaven looked down

I went down by an old country church I saw the drunkard stagger and lurch And as he reached his mother's grave I saw that drunkard kneel and pray

The lights In the harbor

Don't shine for me

I'm like a lost ship adrift on the sea

Sea of heartbreak
Lost love and loneliness

Memories of your caress

So divine I wish you were mine

Again my dear

I am on this sea of tears

Sea of heartbreak

How did I lose you

Oh where did I fail

Why did you leave me

Always to sail

Oh what I'd give to sail back to shore

Country boy, ain't got no shoes

Country boy, ain't got no blues

Well, you work all day while you're waitin' to play In the sun and the sand, with a face that's tan

But at the end of the day, when your work is done
You ain't got nothin' but fun

Country boy, you got a shaggy dog

Country boy, up a hollow log

Well, he comes in a run, when you pick up your gun

[Chorus] I never picked cotton But my mother did And my brother did And my sister did And my daddy died young Workin' in the coal mine

When I was just a baby Too little for a cotton sack I played in the dirt While the others worked 'Til they couldn't straighten up their backs I made myself a promise When I was big enough to run That I'd never stay a single day In that Oklahoma sun

Rowboat Row me to the shore

She don't wanna be my friend no more

She dug a hole in the bottom of my soul
She don't wanna be my friend no more

Pick me up Gimme some food to eat In you . . .

Goin' no place

I'll be home

Talkin' to nobody

You'll be strange

You'll be far away

Big fat moon

And my body's out of tune

With the burnin' waves

She's a billion years away

Take one fresh and tender kiss

Add one stolen night of bliss

One girl, one boy, some grief, some joy

Memories are made of this.

Don't forget a small moonbeam

Fold it lightly with a dream

Your lips and mine to sip the wine

Memories are made of this

Then at the wedding bells

One house where lovers dwell

Three little kids for the flavor

So blue Lonesome too But still true

Rosie haunts me Makes me think of you

You're the one rose that's left in my heart, dear I love you, adore you, I do

Each night in dreamland we wander along

Telling love stories anew

When from a blue sky a black cloud came rolling

Breaking my heart in two

Oh we ought not to part

I have said from the start

I have been ungrateful And I have been unwise Restless from the cradle But now I realize It's so hard to see the rainbow Through glasses dark as these Maybe I'll be able From down on my knees

Oh I am weak Oh I know I am vain Take this weight from me Let my spirit be unchained

Old man swearin' at the sidewalk And I am overcome Seems that we've both forgotten Forgotten to go home

There's a southern accent, where I come from The young'uns call it country The Yankees call it dumb I got my own way of talkin' But everything is done, with a southern accent Where I come from

You wired me awake
and hit me with a hand of broken nails.
You tied my lead and pulled my chain
to watch my blood begin to boil.

But I'm gonna break
I'm gonna break my
gonna break my rusty cage and run.
I'm gonna break
I'm gonna break my
gonna break my rusty cage and run.

Too cold to start a fire
I'm burning diesel, burning dinosaur bones.
I'll take the river down to still water

I was totin my pack along the long dusty Winnamucka road

When along came a semi with a high canvas covered load

If your goin' to Winnamucka, Mack with me you can ride

And so I climbed into the cab and then I setteled down inside

He asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust and sand
And I said, "Listen! I've traveled every road in this here land!"

I've been everywhere, man

We saw houses falling from the sky Where the mountains lean down to the sand We saw blackbirds circling 'round an old castle keep And I stood on the cliff and held your hand

We walked troubles brooding wind swept hills And we loved and we laughed the pain away At the end of the journey, when our last song is sung Will you meet me in Heaven someday

Jesus I don't wanna die alone Jesus oh Jesus I don't wanna die alone

My love wasn't true Now all I have is you

Jesus oh Jesus I don't wanna die alone

Jesus If you hear my last breath

Don't leave me here Left to die a lonely death I know I have sinned but Lord I'm suffering

Jesus Oh Jesus If you hear my last breath

I give my woman half my money at the general store I said, "Now buy a little groceries, and don't spend no more." But she gave ten dollars for a ten cent hat And bought some store bought cat food for a mean eyed cat.