Mark Heard - A Broken Man lyrics

Sun comes up like a yellow bus tracking over oceans of dust, One day's miracle is another day's rut, Day keeps breaking like it always does, I'm not a loner, no sackcloth and ashes, Just a heart on a tether with a vagabond mind, This will be a broken man come shivering out of his wintertime. I'm a broken man, I'm a broken man, Outcast on the outskirts of the promised land, I'm a broken man, I'm a broken man, I'm a broken man. I have faltered in my strength, I have wanted to do everything right, I swallow hard while the second hand blinks, Shut the back door to keep out the night, Is it just a game? Is this a maze to lead me right back where I started from? Oh, this will be a broken man come shattered from this marathon. I'm a broken man, I'm a broken man, Outcast on the outskirts of the promised land, I'm a broken man, I'm a broken man, I'm a broken man. Maybe I fear the crush of guilt; I can't take that kind of weight, Maybe I'm afraid when the thunder breaks, I'm scared of losing the things I love so much, I pretend that I ain't scared, I ain't frightened by no third degree, hey, But this will be a broken man come begging for your charity. I'm a broken man, I'm a broken man, Outcast on the outskirts of the promised land, I'm a broken man, I'm a broken man, I'm a broken man, A broken man, I'm a broken man, Outcast on the outskirts of the promised land, I'm a broken man, I'm a broken man, I'm a broken man.