Desperate Man

Album: Desperate Man (2018)
Charted: 68
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  • Come on

    I've seen the Joshua Tree
    Got down on my knees
    Threw the Virgin Mother a prayer

    I've glass barefooted
    Strolled 'cross the devil's hot coal
    I've been everything, I swear

    I said hey (hey), what can I say?
    I'm a desperate man
    I said hey (hey), what can I say?
    I'm just a desperate man

    (Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo)
    (Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo)
    (Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo)

    Fortuneteller told me
    "No more last chances
    You got no future at all"
    Oh, but I ain't listenin'
    Black-hearted gypsy
    Hang a crucifix on her bedroom wall

    I said hey (hey), what can I say?
    I'm a desperate man
    I said hey (hey), what can I say?
    I'm just a desperate man, ow

    Come on
    (Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo)
    (Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo)
    (Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo) hey, yeah

    (Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo)
    (Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo)
    (Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo)

    Hey, I'm a half-cock, full-tilt
    Scarred hands to the hilt
    Don't push me, grown-ass man
    Yeah, flashin' light, caution
    Careful where ya cross, son
    'Til she comes back again

    I said hey (hey), what can I say?
    I'm a desperate man
    I said hey (hey), what can I say?
    I'm just a desperate man

    I said hey (hey), come on, hey (hey)
    Whoa, I'm a desperate man
    I said hey (hey), come on, hey (hey)
    Whoa, I'm a desperate man

    (Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo)
    (Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo)
    (Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo)

    Grown-ass man

    (Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo)
    (Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo)
    (Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo) me and you, jump

    (Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo)
    (Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo)
    (Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo)

    How are you guys doing?
    We had an incredible time last night in this room
    And it was all about music and it was all about art
    And it was all the things when I was young that turned me on
    And it was a pleasure to do last night
    And it is a pleasure to do tonight, so Writer/s: Eric Church, Ray Wylie Hubbard
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • AnonymousThis country rocker is a great sports anthem. It tells the story of how the song’s male narrator wants it all and how he is so desperate to get it before law enforcement catches him and his crew.
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