Confessions of a Broken Down Man

These are the confessions of a broken down man

She said she needed a father

So I faked fatherhood and drew her in

I don't know if it was intended

Maybe something broke inside of me

a long long time ago

and it never has been mended

But one night on my bed

She told me something that she never told nobody

and I just laid there cold as a stone and stared

These are the confessions of a broken down man

I had a baby by my first wife

She was wanting one and I gave in

I swear I loved her and our home

But a man has got to work to live

and sometimes he can find himself out on the road alone

And when I came back home

She's holding baby

But I can't remember for the life of me

What is his name?

These are the confessions of a broken down man

I give up. I give in. I can't do this anymore

I've been turned out by my family

I have heard them slam the door

I'm like a wounded man out on a hill in the wind

saying Father, forgive me

Father, forgive me

Father, forgive me

For I have sinned