Slowtrain

Lyrics

One sad song on a broken guitar
Riding rails like a cattle car
And a lovely woman it's no surprise
Has a lying smile and lying eyes
You'd be hard pressed to deny it's true
The very same words could apply to you

And I think it's true, you can get your fix
Counting cowboys down from nine to six
Nobody cares about your better days
Nobody ever wonders why they went away
It's a cold hard fact that you're sleeping on
Nobody's gonna miss you when you're finally gone

What about you, you're not a man
You're less than half a man
I try to say it true, I try to say the best that I can
You're not a man at all

It's hard to say now which is worse
To be the box or to be the hearse
Everybody knows you can find a way
To go cast yourself in some imagined play
Your life is a lie that you live alone
You're half a man but you're twice as stoned

What about you, you're not a man
You're less than half a man
I try to say it true, I try to say the best that I can
You're not a man at all
I try to say it true, try to say the best that I can
You're not a man at all

Your life is a lie, you live alone
You're half a man but you're twice as stoned

[Words and music by Adoniram Lipton]