Don`t Beat Me Down Lyrics

Don`t Beat Me Down lyrics

When he was a man, my father would stand

 I never saw him run

 There wasn't anyone could make the man bend

 And the strength of his will was the tool of his trade

 And he did his work well

 Till the powers that be took a liking to him

 And they traded his body for a cold empty shell

 

 Don't beat me down

 Don't beat me down

 I've got something to say

 Don't you stand in my way

 And don't beat me down

 

 When I was a youth, I found the truth

 In the eyes of a friend

 There wasn't anyone could make the light dim

 And we talked and we rambled and we gambled to win

 And the learning was good

 Till the powers that be to a liking to him

 And they traded their fortunes for the sight of his blood

 

 When I was a child my mother smiled 

 At the cradle she bought

 For the little tot she held to her breast

 And the song that she sang was an anthem to love

 It was all that I heard

 Till the powers that be took a liking to me

 And they told me that love was a four-letter word

 

 Don't beat me down

 Don't beat me down

 I've got one life to live

 And that's all I can give

 So don't beat me down

 

 Now I've got a place, got a worried face

 And the question in mind

 Please let me find a reason somehow

 Why some reap the harvest while other men die

 And the joker runs wild

 And if powers that be take a liking to us

 Then we all must return to the ways of a child

 We all must return to the ways of a child

 

 So don't beat me down

 Don't beat me down

 I've got something to say

 Don't you stand in my way

 And don't beat me down

 I've got one life to life

 And that's all I can give

 So don't beat me down

 Don't beat me down

 Don't beat me down