1. ONE MAN'S SHAME

Don't alter my altar
Don't desecrate my shrine
My church is the water
And my home is underneath the shady pines
Don't underestimate the spine in a poor man's back
When it's against the wall and his future's black

One man's story is another man's shame
I ain't bound for glory, I'm bound for flames
Take to the woods boy, and cover up your tracks
Go away child and don't look back

Sad is the lullaby from a mother's heart and soul
When she knows her child has strayed from the foal
The parish will perish
By death's cruel hand
And finish the job that fate began
All that static in the attic,
That's just an old drunk ghost
His chains are rattlin' but his end is close
Ain't no hell below and ain't no heaven above
I came for the drinks but I stayed for the love



2. TAKE IT ON THE CHIN

I don't want you to know the pain I've known
A man should not have to walk his row alone
Of all the things in life, count on one
I'll always be behind you son

He said life is a gamble
And before you throw them dice
If it's more than you can handle
Please take this advice
He said stand your ground and don't back down, that's the only way to win
When life throws a punch son, you've got to take it on the chin

I don't want you see the things I saw
This old world can be so cruel after all
Of all the things in life cound on one
I'll always be behind you son
He said life is a battle and it ain't even fair
But if you stay up in your saddle,
You're already halfway there

He said stand your ground and don't back down
That's the only way to win
When time throws you a punch son,
You've got it take it on the chin



3. SOMETIMES OUR DREAMS FLOAT LIKE ANCHORS(WINTER)

And the hammer swings high and comes down hard
Drive another nail into my coffin lid
And as the days go by if I can play my part
Well I'll feel no remorse for what I did

Your mother would cry if she only could
But those days are gone, those days are gone
And she always tried to see the good in everything that you done

And sometimes our dreams they float like anchors
In hopeless waters oh way down here
Sometimes it seems that all that matters most are
All the things that you can't keep

Oh, the skin, Oh, the skin
That this old world has placed me in
I can't wait to shed, I can't wait to shed
Lord I'll be free when I'm dead



4. HAVE MERCY

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5. BUILDIN' ME A HOME

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6. THE PRAIRIE YIELDS TO THE PLOW

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