Ballad Of A Lonely Man Lyrics

I'm young and I'm strong
I've got this God forsaken world by the balls!
I've got a one-way ticket to freedom
Ain't got no one now gonna take it from me

I was a soldier, age twenty-one
In a war I'm not sure what I was fighting for
And yet I turned from a boy to a man there
Goodbye to innocence and a sweet sixteen

Chorus:
My whole life I could not arrange
My wicked ways I could never change
Don't try, don't try now to understand
For this is the ballad of a lonely man

Close to me is a photograph
Of a family left far, far behind
At once I had love it slipped away from
I searched a lifetime but could not find

In a hospital bed, I'm violently ill
Just one more drink nurse I swear to god!
I've got my st. anthony and my whiskey
Yes I'm a veteran of three foreign wars!

Repeat chorus

Mike Ness - Cheating at Solitaire

Apr 1999

1. The Devil In Miss Jones
2. Don't Think Twice
3. Misery Loves Company
4. Crime Don't Pay
5. Rest Of Our Lives
6. You Win Again
7. Cheating At Solitaire
8. No Man's Friend
9. Charmed Life
10. Dope Fiend Blues
11. Ballad Of A Lonely Man
12. I'm In Love W/ My Car
13. If You Leave Before Me
14. Long Black Veil
15. Send Her Back