Jason Boland & the Stragglers - Dark & Dirty Mile lyrics

I refuse to spend the rest of my days trying to get away from all the things I did when I knew not what I had done Oh so young and tired and love was not an item I had bought, always refused to hear them tell me not to stare into the sun This p**nographic place told me a body was to be feared and then wanted at the same time man, if you could figure how Feared because it was the pathway to the mortal sin and then wanted because we'll all be dust a few short years from now. Chorus: It's a broken hearted world that we inherit All we're told to do is sin and bear it For a little while, On this dark and dirty mile. It took awhile at least for me to live enough until i believe in none of what I heard and less than half of what I saw Mark the days have come and gone some were lost and some were wrong and the way back home we'll figure out a place to place it all Chorus: It's a broken hearted world that we inherit All we're told is to do sin and bear it For a little while, On this dark and dirty mile We're all family here on trial On the dark and dirty mile Finally I realized that knowledge better make you wise Or all the knots you learned to tie will leave you in a ball Helpless as when we were born threaded bare and holy worn shivering as summer gives way to early fall Chorus: It's a broken hearted world that we inherit All we're told is to do sin and bear it For a little while, On the dark and dirty mile We're all family here on trial On the dark and dirty mile