Behind Blue Eyes (Live) - The Chieftains & Ricky Skaggs

No one knows what it's like to be the bad man, To be the sad man, Behind blue eyes, No one knows what it's like to be hated, To be faded, To telling only lies, But my dreams, they are as empty, As my conscience seems to be. I have hours, Only lonely, My love is vengence, That's never free. No one knows what it's like to feel these feelings, Like i do, And i blame you. No one bites back as hard on their anger, None of my pain and woes, Can shoot through. But my dreams, they are as empty, As my conscience seems to be. I have hours, Only lonely, My love is vengence, That's never free. When my fist clenches crack it open, Before i use it and lose my mind. If i smile tell me some bad news, Before i laugh and act like a fool. And if i swollow anything evil, Put your finger down my throat. And if i shiver won't you give me a blanket, Keep me warm and let me wear your coat. No one knows what it's like to be the bad man, To be the sad man, Behind blue eyes

Come all you good, kind people While I've got money to spend Tomorrow might be Monday And I'll neither have a dollar nor a friend When I've got plenty of money, good people My friends are all standing around Just as soon as my pocketbook is empty Not a friend on this earth can be found The last time I seen that dear woman, good people She had a wine glass in her hand She's a-drinking down her troubles With a lowdown, sorry, no good man My daddy told me a plenty good people And my momma she told me more Said son if you don't quit your rowdy ways You'll have trouble at your door All around this old jailhouse this evening, good people Forty dollars will pay my fine Corn whiskey has surrounded my body, poor boy Pretty women look trump in my mind If I'd a-listened to my momma, good people I would not be here today But a-drinking and a-shooting and a-gambling At home I cannot stay Go dig a hole in the meadow, good people Make it deep in that cold, cold ground Come gather around all you kind friends And see this poor rounder go down