Lowborn Man

Lowborn Man

It's been a month of Sundays since the sky began to rain
I think I'll have to put my shovel down
Frist thing in the morning gonna catch that southbound train
To another town

I finally saved some money but the bank took it away.
An honest man can never get ahead
A friend of mine who'd done some time and likely gone insane
Said I should come and work for him instead

CHORUS
I'm a lowborn man, I'm a lowborn man
The kind of life I’m living ain’t the kind of life I planned
But I've known the kind of riches that the rich folks never have
And never will

Rambling, gambing, drinking, selling drugs and stealing cars
Shiny shoes and other luxuries
Until the day we walked into the wrong dark smoky bar
They pulled a gun on my old friend and me

CHORUS, FULL BREAK (4x THROUGH)

We hit the floor, the sounds of war and shouting all around
My buddy took a bullet to the head
I lay there without breathing, making not the slightest sound
They turned and ran and left me there for dead.

CHORUS

BRIDGE
Momma died when I was born, Daddy left the very next morn
Brother's habit's mighty bad, Sister's the only one I had
I try to live and do whats right, but money sure is getting tight
What's a lowborn man to do? I live and breathe and die like you

CHORUS OUT