Devil Makes Three - Tow lyrics

Someone left a child and did not even care Before the first shots of the battle here had even pierced the air Yes they run now like them children to those arms of mother earth Tryna pretend as if there was a day before their very birth Me, I just grab these ropes that me and mine have left behind And I stare up to that mountain that I know I got to climb I keep towin' that line Mmmmmm I keep towin' that line Mmmmmm But down in basements choked with smoke, child, of the past All them dreams come up for air round here but they can only gasp And all them old men they sit staring as life slips out of their grips Only to fall and disappear beyond their cracked ol' fingertips Me, I just grab these ropes me and mine have left behind And I stare up to that mountain that I know I got to climb I keep towin' that line Mmmmmm I keep towin' that line Mmmmmm (break) I keep towin' that line Mmmmmm I keep towin' that line Mmmmmm But down in ditches by that road I call my home All of you come a cussin' now and all just throwing stones Yes they're big men now to settle down and life's so stale and cold As if I could spend my life the way they do just as they're told So if you should find me living low when the miles have pa**ed me by And it seems that I have left now all that I could love behind I'm just towin' that line Mmmmmm I'm just towin' that line Mmmmmm