Marginal Man

Recorded on the " NOTHING ELSE MATTERS" CD on Sequel Records

© (O. Grand/L. Basson) Cami-Zack Publishing (PRS/BMI) 1993

I ain't seen nothing but trouble
Ever since the day I was born
I ain't seen nothing but trouble
Ever since the day I was born
Lord please help me
I can't stand to be so torn
My feet are always walking
I got no place to lay me down

I used to have a home and country
But now that's all gone away
Hard luck and trouble fell on me
And I had to leave and go away
Please go easy on me darlin
I got no place to call my own
And I'm so tired and so lonely
Living the life of a marginal man

I didn't mean to leave you baby
Wander off so far away
But I'm a man on the edge
And I don't know how to stay
I've been gone so long my baby
On the outside I'll always be
They say your home is where you lay your roots
But in this case that just can't be

My mama's standing by the window
Waiting for me to come back home
You know she's waiting by the window
Hoping that I'll come on home
But I'm looking to the future
And I know I'll never belong
So don't forget to remember baby
A marginal man I'll always be