I was on a lonely road, going straight to Hell Saying to no one in particular my last farewells I drank bottles of liquor to chase my blues away Knowing that tomorrow will be just another day
How many bottles I drank, I couldn't tell But my years of drinking had cast a spell There was no one left to worry There was no one left to cry No one cared if I lived No one cared if I died
The life I was living, I knew to be wrong But the bottle held me firmly in its throng Hell was the place where I would dwell For the lure of the bottle, I could not repel
Then one day a stranger appeared And beckoned me to join him in a prayer He reached out to me And on the road we knelt I clasped his hand, And the imprints of nails I felt
My burdens begin to lift, my heart begin to sing I felt as if I were floating; that I had taken on wings The stranger and I, we continued to pray And the thirst for the bottle begin to fade |
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