Gonna give this body back, dented and damaged Heart attacked, raped and ravaged Broke my back in a hundred places What memory’s intact, time erases My feets froze up, blistered and swollen Somehow they still step up and keep on rollin’
Head harangued, hobbled and achin’
Soul’s been stripped, stirred and shaken
Bones been beat up, bashed and battered
Confidence teed up, smashed and shattered
My legs bound up, in bandages and braces
But when that gun blast booms, it’s still off to the races
Faith faces foes fueled from ferocious forces
It plows on and perseveres with the power of a thousand horses
Said my prayers, directly to the Lord I’ve spoken
I’d put in a good word, but He ain’t taken my endorsement
Probably throw me into that deep inferno
Until then, hope springs eternal
My fingers feel feverishly for friendly faces
My hands held high, hailin’ heaven’s oasis
My legs bound up, in bandages and braces
But when that gun blast booms, it’s still off to the races
My ears know well for whom that bell is tollin’
My feets froze up, blistered and swollen
Somehow they still step up and keep on rollin’
Gonna turn this gas tank in, bone dry empty
Needle busted on, hunderd and twenty
Gonna give this body back…