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Artist: J. Roddy Walston And The Business
Canonical path: /j-roddy-walston-and-the-business/brave-man-s-death
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Brave Man's Death
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Brave Man's Death
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Well my father put a shame on me
Said he wouldn’t put his name on me
Said he wouldn’t be the first in his family
Who’s son cried when he was born
Well he died the day i got a gun
Said that he was proud that I’s his son that that was right there
In his plan I’d grow up and be a man
And there was a tear. I saw it in his eye
He said he couldn’t think of a better way to die
And the Lord came down and put a spoon in my mouth
It tasted so bitter, but I couldn’t spit it out
It tasted like the money that my poor mama made
When I went and stole it, cause she took it to the grave
And there was a note clenched in her right hand
Said boy if you wanna live, better die like a brave man
I don’t wanna die in the middle of the night
I want a brave man’s death. I don’t wanna die in the middle of the night
I want a brave man’s death
Spittin' gasoline, burnin' my teeth, getting salt on the fields of my past
And the sword will come down with a milky white flash
And I’ll get my brave man’s death at last
I had a woman. And she had some kids
She said she loved them, I never did
Just the way that they feed And take away what was young
But my wife’s a muscle that can do what needed to be done
And the day that she died, her cup was fully drained
She said take hope my love, that life was worth the pain
I don’t wanna die in the middle of the night, I want a brave man’s death
I don’t wanna die in the middle of the night, I want a brave man’s death
Spittin' gasoline, burnin' my teeth, getting salt on the fields of my past
And the sword will come down with a milky white flash And I’ll get my brave man’s death at last
I had a heart that’s willin' but a back without a bone
My body’d go to war, but my head would come home
And I always had a knife in case a real man came along
He turned his head and his life was gone
So I hold it in my heart, yeah I hold it in my heart.
No, I hide it in my heart, cause it’s tearin' me apart
The last thing that he said to me was blood was on my hands
Oh god, I wanna die like a man
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