"Ain’t The Man"
LYRICS
by Rusty Cage
I gather my sins in a gunny sack, way down the side of the scale,
when it meets the ground, a sickening sound, I’ll await that trumpets wail,
with a fist of mud right before my judge, may he lay his glory on me,
a verdict passed with an audible laugh, I know what the score will be,
Was a time I tried, and many I lied, there were plenty of them by and by,
But I don’t expect to stretch out my neck, these reasons I’ll tell you why,
I ain’t the man that you want me to be x 4
No, I ain’t the man, I ain’t the man that you want me to be,
because the life I lead, one of strife and greed,
I can’t break that hold on me.
Oh no I ain’t the man, I ain’t the man that you want me to be,
cause I dance with the devil and I gamble with God,
I ain’t the man that you want me to be.
There been them nights I prayed for change, that fear I never could,
There been them days I stayed the same and I knew I never would,
There been them weeks when all was bleak, buddy, drink that bottle brown,
there been there years with a lack of tears, that wall came crashing down,
Well I’m the son of a farmer, a low down charmer, I can cheat my way in cards,
I done stabbed my fingers, I’m an off key singer when I play that broke guitar,
And well I can talk, I been around the block, I can lift my Lord on high,
But I wouldn’t take a chance if you want romance, and these reasons I’ll tell you why,
I ain’t the man that you want me to be x 8
No, I ain’t the man, I ain’t the man that you want me to be,
because the life I lead, one of strife and greed,
I can’t break that hold on me.
Oh no I ain’t the man, I ain’t the man that you want me to be,
cause I dance with the devil and I gamble with God,
I ain’t the man that you want me to be.