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Artist: Eric Church
Canonical path: /eric-church/desperate-man
Related lyric paths: 6
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Desperate Man
Read Desperate Man lyrics by Eric Church on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Desperate Man
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Boo boo
Boo boo boo boo, boo boo boo
Boo boo boo boo, boo boo boo
Boo boo boo boo boo
I've seen the Joshua Tree
Got down on my knees
Threw the Virgin Mother a prayer
I've walked glass barefooted
Strolled 'cross the devil's hot coal
I've tried everything, I swear
Oh but hey (hey), what can I say?
I'm a desperate man
I said hey (hey), what can I say?
I'm just a desperate man
Boo boo
Boo boo boo boo, boo boo boo
Boo boo boo boo, boo boo boo
Boo boo boo boo boo
Fortuneteller told me
No more last chances
You got no future at all
Oh but I ain't listenin'
To black-hearted gypsy
Then a crucifix to a bedroom wall
But hey (hey), what can I say?
I'm a desperate man
I said hey (hey), what can I say?
I'm just a desperate man
Boo boo
Boo boo boo boo, boo boo boo
Boo boo boo boo, boo boo boo
Boo boo boo boo boo
Boo boo
Boo boo boo boo, boo boo boo
Boo boo boo boo, boo boo boo
Boo boo boo boo boo
I'm a half-cock, full-tilt, scarred-hands-to-the-hilt, don't-push-me grown-ass man
Yeah flashin' light, caution, careful where ya cross son, 'til she comes back again
But now hey (hey), what can I say?
I'm a desperate man
Oh hey (hey), what can I say?
I'm just a desperate man
Oh hey (hey), I said hey (hey)
Woah what can I say, I'm a desperate man
Oh hey (hey), I said hey (hey)
I'm just a desperate man
Boo boo
Boo boo boo boo, boo boo boo
Boo boo boo boo, boo boo boo
Boo boo boo boo boo
Grown-ass man
Boo boo
Boo boo boo boo, boo boo boo
Boo boo boo boo, boo boo boo
Boo boo boo boo boo
Boo boo
Boo boo boo boo, boo boo boo
Boo boo boo boo, boo boo boo
Boo boo boo boo boo
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