[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Well I am not the man I thought I d be
I ÂÂve fallen short of any sympathy
And I ÂÂve been pleading with God to set me free
Lord I m tired of all the human things
It s time for me to leave
[Chorus 1]
O I have tried and I have failed
And I have burned some bridges on my trail
And with a broken heart and a wounded knee
Lord I ve stumbled toward Oblivion
But you followed me
[Fiddle Solo]
[Verse 2]
O and the coyotes are always calling me
Oh with a mourning howl and cursed scream
And I feel their pain in everything
I believe that I was one of them
In some distant dream
[Chorus 2]
O I have tried and I have failed
And I have burned some bridges on my trail
And with a broken heart and a wounded knee
Lord I ve stumbled toward Oblivion
But you followed me o!
[Verse 3]
When the Lord made me, he made a loaded gun
And I have beat better men that should have won
But when they re pleading from mercy from your right hand
I swear there s not a single difference
Between a crook and an honest man o!
[Chorus 3]
O I have tried and I have failed
And I have burned some bridges on my trail
And with a broken heart and a wounded knee
Lord I ve stumbled toward Oblivion
But you followed me o
