Chuck Mann

My own worst enemy Bad decisions undertaken Good intentions paving the way To a hell of my own makin’ Heart in the right place But the rest of me in trouble Surveying the destruction Knee deep in the rubble Always been this way Falling on my own blade Trying to do it right Best of plans mislaid Must be wired wrong Because all I do is fucked Stand back just get away from me I’m built to self-destruct No friends around me I’ve driven them all away Wanted nothing but the best for them But those plans all went astray Relationships fall to pieces I always push things too far In the end I wind up alone Admiring my self-inflicted scars Always been this way Falling on my own blade Trying to do it right Best of plans mislaid Must be wired wrong Because all I do is fucked Stand back just get away from me I’m built to self-destruct I keep trying so hard Maybe someday I’ll get it right Perhaps there’ll be sun tomorrow But I’m burning in hell tonight Always been this way Falling on my own blade Trying to do it right Best of plans mislaid Must be wired wrong Because all I do is fucked Stand back just get away from me I’m built to self-destruct

I cry because I feel for you I cry because you never will The pain of understanding The ache of what never was can kill I could see but never reach you Drawn like an butterfly to the sun Like a dream just out of reach Our tale over before it had really begun The years keep flowing Like a river toward the sea The feelings never stopped growing Though you never really wanted me I look back now through time Knowing what’s beyond my reach Every dog they say will have his day But I guess I’m too old to teach Old photos stir memories anew Harbingers of bygone times On one hand cursing our meeting The other thinking of sad poetry lines What would I do if you appeared now Would I run and take you in my arms Am I still the fool I used to be Still a pawn to your wicked charms The years keep flowing Like a river toward the sea The feelings never stopped growing Though you never really wanted me I look back now through time Knowing what’s beyond my reach Every dog they say will have his day But I guess I’m too old to teach Should try harder to forget you Flush you completely from my soul But I am still just too intoxicated And completely yours to control And so I sit here still And I pray you can read my mind I always knew you’d be leaving But did you have to leave me behind? The years keep flowing Like a river toward the sea The feelings never stopped growing Though you never really wanted me I look back now through time Knowing what’s beyond my reach Every dog they say will have his day But I guess I’m too old to teach

Runnin down the blacktop This highway is my life My destiny is my own to choose This badass ride is my wife Roar of the engine Superchargers whine Mix in some Texas metal An’ I’ll be just fine Got the wind blowing through my hair Got no worries on my mind Second things get complicated Pedal to the metal leave it all behind My futures right in front of me With a good ‘ole dose of high speed asphalt therapy Last town I spent some time That little lady tried to lasso me Didn’t understand my mind I’d rather die than live in captivity Bags in the back pedal mashed down Another new adventure just over that rise Whole new dawn whole new day whole new chance The path before me clear in my eyes Got the wind blowing through my hair Got no worries on my mind Second things get complicated Pedal to the metal leave it all behind My futures right in front of me With a good ‘ole dose of high speed asphalt therapy

I wanna go back To the days of my youth It was simple then Brother that’s the truth Every day was magic Full of endless possibility It wasn’t always easy But there was always sanity Take me back To the days when I was young Take me back When life had just begun Take me back To every song we ever sung Take me back to those days When life was still sweet on my tongue Mom raised all alone My sister and me We were poor but we had love Momma was a guardian angel to me Strongest one I ever knew She always said “I tried” A part of my soul Was lost when momma died Take me back To the days when I was young Take me back When life had just begun Take me back To every song we ever sung Take me back to those days When life was still sweet on my tongue 

Another one with current events underpinnings ... Shots fired A body hits the ground Another break in the thin blue line As the shooter racks another round To serve and protect With a target on their head Anarchy is spreading fast The only good pig is dead Something has to give Something has to be done The inmates run the asylum They’ve got us on the run Not a warrior for social justice Just another coward with a gun Tension on the rise This nation is on fire Not a single one is safe Now the time is dire We must rise my people And stand with up with the law Else it’s all a house of cards A house divided is surely gonna fall Something has to give Something has to be done The inmates run the asylum They’ve got us on the run Not a warrior for social justice Just another coward with a gun