Mike Ness - Ballad Of A Lonely Man lyrics

I'm young and i'm strong I've got this god forsaken world by the balls! I've got a one-way ticket to freedom Ain't got no one now gonna take it from me I was a soldier, age twenty-one In a war i'm not sure what i was fighting for And yet i turned from a boy to a man there Goodbye to innocence and a sweet sixteen Chorus: My whole life i could not arrange My wicked ways i could never change Don't try, don't try now to understand For this is the ballad of a lonely man Close to me is a photograph Of a family left far, far behind At once i had love it slipped away from I searched a lifetime but could not find In a hospital bed, i'm violently ill Just one more drink nurse i swear to god! I've got my st. anthony and my whiskey Yes i'm a veteran of three foreign wars! Repeat chorus