Ballad Of A Lonely Man Lyrics - Singles - Mike Ness

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 

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! 

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