Gov't Mule
By a Thread

Gordon James

Hey Gordon James, why'd your momma

Give you two last names?

Did she have expectations for you?

Did you let her down like we knew you would do?



Gordon James, I know we're all subject to change

But you were way too young to lose your soul

They say you traded it away

Did you think you could just buy it back someday



Gordon James, were you too busy

Ducking the blame

To realize that it's you we now fear?

Maybe someday soon, it will all be so clear



Were you lonely?

Yeah, we were all lonely

Were you scared?

Yeah, well I'm scared too



Did your dreams turn black

Or did you sleep like a child?

Did your heroes die off

Leave you alone in the wild?

Or is this just the path that you choose?



Were you blinded?

Yeah, we were all blinded

The trick is, they say to heal yourself

Did you just let go of the reigns one day?



Let the ocean's current wash you away

Were you all alone when you fell



Gordon James, did your momma die

From the shame?

Was she trying to pull you back into the light?

But you were way too far gone to save

Do you even visit her grave



Gordon James, do you think it's too late to change

To make up for the lives that you bought and sold

And the war machines that you traded for gold

Could this be the day that you pray

Do you think it really matters anyway

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