MEN WITH BROKEN HEARTS
Hank Williams
(Recorded 22 March 1961)
You'll meet many just like me, upon Life's busy street,
with shoulders stooped and heads bowed down and eyes that stare in defeat.
Or souls that live within the past, where Sorrow plays all parts -
Where a living death is all that's left for men with broken hearts.
You have no right to be the judge, to criticise and condemn.
Just think, but for the grace of God, it would be you, instead of him.
One careless step, a thoughtless deed, and then the misery starts.
And to those who weep, Death comes cheap, these men with broken hearts.
Oh, so humble you should be when they come passing by,
for it's written, that the greatest men never get too big to cry.
Some lose Faith and Love and Life, when Sorrow shoots her darts,
and with Hope all gone, they walk alone, these men with broken hearts.
You've never walked in that man's shoes, or seen things through his eyes,
or stood and watched with helpless hands while the heart inside you dies.
Some were paupers, some were kings, some were masters of the arts.
But in their shame, they're all the same, these men with broken hearts.
Life sometimes can be so cruel, that a heart will pray for Death,
God, why must these Living Dead know pain with every breath?
So help your brother along the road, no matter where you start,
for the God that made you, made them too, these men with broken hearts.
Submitted by Leon Hart
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