Song of a Dead Man - Taylor John Williams

He wasn't lookin' for fanfare or fame But it all came around just the same. He then met a girl with desire in her eye, He gave her love, she took his name. The times they were good, the times they were bad, Most times it was just in between. The hard pill he swallowed was the times that they had, She put on display for all to be seen. Some find their solace in work or the lord, She was quite content in her dream. When his eyes they burned from the bright lime light, He found comfort in the bottle of Ol' Jimmy Beam. One day from the depths of his deep darkened hole, He reached out for something to feel. She offered back nothin' but lack of respect So he left himself out with two barrels of steel. She cried in the day, she cried in the night. She cried loudest when someone was near. Whether crying for him or she cried for herself, The bigger the camera, the bigger the tear. Most folks agree that she was living a hell And publicly she showed her pain. And never once was there a thought for herself, And the ever-growing slices of fortune and fame. Now on the coattails of a dead man she'll ride On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride. On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride she'll ride, On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride she'll ride high.

The moon lights up over the battlefield now, With a blistering heat somehow Lifeless and broken heart to death, They should have just stayed home instead Stayed alive. We'll let her rice We gliss on some others eyes She wonders where when and why She could have tucket him in his bed, With a kiss on the cheek and his head He'd still lay Well the moon and the stars Can't cast shaddows on what is wrong Well my boys are dead, living is lead. Nothing more The sun wakes up, bring sparkles in the morning light, Rubbs a belly bouncer head to cry, She lost him before they were wed But hes there in her heart and her head, hes still alive Well the moon and the stars can't cast shaddows of what is wrong Well my boys are dead, living is lead. Nothing more Oh the moon lights up over the battlefield now.

I was in the shadow Using up my time Tangled up in thought Of what to do with mine Until the midnight hour When a lowly demoiselle Came into my tower Upon the bed she fell As a flower in the cold A marigold as lovely as could be Long it has been now But I won't soon forget The vow she made to me When she said "I don't know anything of where you've been, But I'll give you all to help me feel again" Feel again Everything I own to make me feel again Even then I would get you more to make me feel (Uhh) Like a bird unfettered of her cage When the siren came She called my name Into the silent summer's eve And in the moment's end I caught her when She gave a broken smile to me And she said "I pray to find you every now and then, When the numb takes hold and I can't feel again" Feel again Everything I own to make me feel again Even then I would get you more to make me feel Real again Every drop inside to make it real again Even then I would drain the world to make it real Feel again Everything I own to make me feel again Even then I would get you more to make me feel