Stronger Than Pride

A dim light burns out in the kitchen

The clock ticks a hole in the wall

And back in the bedroom, he hits rock bottom

Blown by the weight of it all

He thinks of the friends he's forgotten

The same ones he's too proud to call

He says to himself, if I do nothing else

I'll at least find my own place to fall

Some wonder what they might see in this world

Some wonder where they'll be seen

Some men they chase after well-built young girls

While others chase old broken dreams

Heartache runs wild just like water

Some keep it bottled inside

Afterall some may be stronger than others

But nobody's stronger than pride

He came up hard out of nowhere

A young kid with luck in his eyes

And over the years he's seen more than his share

Of money and all that it buys

But hard luck's been handing him empty

And now his heart burns like hot kerosine

It's a pretty good drop from the top to the bottom

When you never stop in between