Things ive seen2

As clouds roll low and blue skies turn gray,

I’ve been carrying this weight all damn day.

Started with a chase, had to get away,

Thankin’ the Lord I’ve seen one more day.

Ain’t in no hurry to be locked in a cage,

Guess this is just the path I’ve paved.

Love is quickly sold for pieces of gold,

Truth ain’t a commodity most folks hold.

Everybody’s got a price to be sold,

Warmth doesn’t survive in a world so cold.

If family and friendships fail in pain,

Don’t hate the players just charge it to the game.

Names fall silent, trust turns strange,

Nothing stays solid, it all rearranges.

Law runs fast but dirty deals run deep,

Hard to tell who’s awake or asleep.

Less lies to carry, less borrowed pain,

So I walk alone through the pouring rain

Snakes slither on their bellies so damn low,

So do most of the people I know.

They don’t care about where you've been,

Only what they gain from turning' you in.

Every scar I got came from someone real,

Backstabbers wounds don't ever heal.

Love is quickly sold for pieces of gold,

Truth ain’t a commodity most folks hold.

Everybody’s got a price to be sold,

Warmth doesn’t survive in a world so cold.

If family and friendships fail in pain,

Don’t hate the players just charge it to the game.

Names fall silent, trust turns strange,

Nothing stays solid, it all rearranges.

Law runs fast but dirty deals run deep,

Hard to tell who’s awake or asleep.

Less lies to carry, less borrowed pain,

So I walk alone through the pouring rain.

Trust no man, keep your distance far,

Cheap whiskey burn and a busted guitar.

Old men stare like time stands still,

Prayin’ for luck in a crooked deal.

I’ve seen hope drown in a backroom lie,

Watched good men break just to get by.

I kept quiet when the liars broke word

Sirens fly by i just gave them the bird

All the times we shared, and they were quick to throw out names ?

Faded like smoke when the fires set flames

Carved in deep where the dirt won't stay,

Learned the hard cost of the price to pay.

Chains got broken but the marks remain,

Some wounds never fade with age.

It’s in my blood, I won’t bend, won’t break,

Still walk past everything fake.

Through the storms, through the loss, through the blame,

Too many players in a rigged-up game.

Love is quickly sold for pieces of gold,

Truth ain’t a commodity most folks hold.

Everybody’s got a price to be sold,

Warmth doesn’t survive in a world so cold.

If family and friendships fail in pain,

Don’t hate the players just charge it to the game.

Names fall silent, trust turns strange,

Nothing stays solid, it all rearranges.

Law runs fast but dirty deals run deep,

Hard to tell who’s awake or asleep.

Less lies to carry, less borrowed pain,

So I walk alone through the pouring rain.

These things I’ve seen along the way

Are the reasons I still pray.

Thankin’ the Lord I’ve seen one more day.