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Artist: Carrie Elkin
Canonical path: /carrie-elkin/shell-of-a-man
Related lyric paths: 6
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Shell Of a Man
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Shell Of a Man
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Don’t knock against me
You’ll find out I’m empty
You’ll find out I’m a shell of a man
Got nothing to lose but a broken heart
Feel free to take it with you
Cause it’s tearing me apart
Faith was never with me
I found it all out early
I found it in the palm of my hand
The old lady said I had a few years left
But I just kept runnin’
Didn’t give the girls my best
Oh goodnight, goodnight
I might not wake tomorrow
I might not say good morning
But I’ll always say goodnight
Don’t knock against me
You’ll find out I’m empty
You’ll find out I’m a shell of a man
Got seven angels singin’ from a mountain on high
Hallelujah to the man with the short lifeline
Thought jesus never loved me
With a knife hangin’ bove me
I’m inclined to stand on bended knee
I got one hand in my pocket so the world won’t see
Where the old lady said they gonna bury me
Oh goodnight, goodnight
I might not wake tomorrow
I might not say good morning
But I’ll always say goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight
I might not wake tomorrow
I might not say good morning
But I’ll always say goodnight
Don’t knock against me
You’ll find out I’m empty
You’ll find out I’m a shell of a man.
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