Broken Man (song lyric).

Broken Man

I was torn from my mamma I was ripped to shreds

I’ve been a whole lotta things worse than dead

If I’d collected every tear I’ve shed

I’d be drownin’ in a lake way over my head

[Chorus]

Don’t you try to make it with a broken man

No sense in tryin’ to shake a frozen hand

Nor perchin’ your castle on a mountain of sand

don’t you try to take the bottle from this broken man

[Verse 2]

I was beaten by a system I tried to break free

Every brother I loved was stolen from me

If I had a grain of sand for every brother I grieved
the desert would be stretchin’ for eternity.

[Chorus]

Don’t you try to make it with a broken man

No sense in tryin’ to shake a frozen hand

Nor perchin’ your castle on a mountain of sand

So don’t you try to take the bottle from this broken man

[Bridge]

I walk crooked through the valleys of loss

With every step I pay a higher cost

Tried to battle through; the line got crossed

Now drinking’ stops me remembering what’s lost

The chains don’t rattle but they’ll never leave

This life so thick with grime that you won’t believe

[Verse 3]

The mirror don’t lie though it don’t speak smooth

Shades my reflection in the harshest truth

The cracks in my soul run deep like a groove

This ain’t a tale where the pain improves

[chorus]

was torn from my mamma, I was ripped to shreds,
I’ve been a whole lotta things worse than dead.
If I’d collected every tear I’ve shed
I’d be drownin’ in a lake way over my head.

Don’t you try to make it with a broken man.
No sense in tryin’ to shake a frozen hand,
nor perchin’ your castle on a mountain of sand,
so don’t you try to take the bottle from this broken man.

I was beaten by a system, I tried to break free.
every brother I loved was stolen from me.

I was taken by the Klan, they were all full of juice,
they dragged me to a killing tree, they showed me the noose.
If I had a reefer every time I got abuse
I’d be flyin’ in the ether, sky high, fast an’ loose
but don’t you try to make it with a broken man.
No sense in tryin’ to shake a frozen hand,
nor perchin’ your castle on a mountain of sand,
so don’t you try to take the bottle from this broken man.

If I’s to write a book about what I think
I’d need the whole mighty ocean to be made of ink.
I could write for a lifetime but my heart would sink
I can lead you to the water, but I can’t make you drink.

So don’t you try to make it with a broken man, no sense in tryin’ to shake a frozen hand, nor perchin’ your castle on a mountain of sand, so don’t you try to take the bottle from this broken man.