[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Well, the sun’s gone down, but her words won’t fade,
She’s pickin’ at my soul like a debt unpaid.
Every sigh, every groan, cuts like a k***e,
Lord, I’m drownin’ in the shadow of my own life.
[Chorus]
I got the weary man blues, oh, I’m sinkin’ low,
Her voice is a storm and my heart’s buried in snow.
If the river runs quiet, maybe I’ll find peace,
But tonight, these chains around my soul won’t release.
[Verse 2]
She says I don’t work, says I don’t try,
But I’m bustin’ my bones ‘neath a d**d-end sky.
The clock ticks slow, but my pain’s on fast,
One more word, and I’ll breathe my last.
[Chorus]
I got the weary man blues, oh, I’m sinkin’ low,
Her voice is a storm and my heart’s buried in snow.
If the river runs quiet, maybe I’ll find peace,
But tonight, these chains around my soul won’t release.
[Bridge]
Oh, I hear that train whistle, lonely and long,
It’s hummin’ a hymn where I don’t belong.
The tracks they whisper, “Come lose your name,”
But the Lord won’t judge till I’m done with this pain.
[Verse 3]
I wrote her a letter, stained with my tears,
“Forgive me, darlin’, for my final fears.
The world’s gone heavy, and my spirit’s run thin,
I’m trading these blues for the silence within.”
[Chorus]
I got the weary man blues, oh, I’m sinkin’ low,
Her voice is a storm and my heart’s buried in snow.
If the river runs quiet, maybe I’ll find peace,
But tonight, these chains around my soul won’t release.
[Outro]