Clifton Hicks

"Crying Shame" Lesson

Added 2020-12-04 17:00:05 +0000 UTC

f B♭ F B♭ B♭ (gCGCC "Darling Cora" tuning) I composed this song in November 2004 after learning that a close friend had been killed in Ramadi, Iraq.

When I was a boy my momma used to say Don't you the ever let them see you run away I tried to obey the words she said that day But now I'm running and I just can't get away My father drifted away my mother's dead and gone My sister died of shame my brother never came home I've been running so long I just can't run no more Lord I've been running since the day that I was born. I know that thieves can steal I know that liars can lie I guess that I'll be a fool until the day I die I've seen more hard times than I would care to count I know that nobody knows you when you're down and out Lord I never thought that I would live this long And I never thought that I would be this strong I hear the voice of an angel singing my last song Lord I never thought that I would live this long