Confessions Of A Broken Man-Porter Wagoner

[ti:Confessions of a Broken Man] [ar:Porter Wagoner] [al:The Essential Porter Wagoner] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]Confessions Of A Broken Man - Porter Wagoner [00:00.02]Written by：Bill Anderson [00:00.47]I'm just askin' you to listen not to understand [00:08.93] [00:10.07]These confessions of a broken man [00:16.51] [00:20.10]I don't know where my story starts or I'd go back to them [00:23.97] [00:25.09]All I know it's a sad sad tale so for it has no end [00:30.55] [00:32.51]I know I drank too much though I didn't take thirst [00:35.90] [00:36.73]Oh I'd have a beer or two [00:38.14] [00:38.97]And it just seemed to go from bad to worse [00:41.68] [00:43.78]Then one day I noticed my money [00:45.30]Was goin' out faster than it was comin' in [00:47.48] [00:48.38]And I got scared and I started gamblin' [00:51.60] [00:53.02]And I'm the kind that just never seems to win [00:55.93] [00:58.12]I had a woman guess every man does [01:00.89] [01:01.77]And every man thinks his is the best mine was [01:05.13] [01:06.30]Stuck by me through thick and thin [01:08.28] [01:09.63]Till it just got too thin I guess [01:11.86] [01:14.26]She walked in one day and said she had believed me [01:17.46] [01:19.17]I could've sworn I saw big tear in her eye [01:21.66] [01:22.90]I heard the other day that she got married again [01:26.39] [01:27.64]I hope he treats her better than I [01:29.30] [01:32.32]Well if you get me idea that [01:33.77]I'm some son of a bum you're catchin' on pretty fast [01:37.59] [01:39.18]And if you wonder if I've turned into a wino [01:42.29] [01:43.83]For these are all my fingerprints on this glass [01:47.00] [01:49.66]I've been sittin' in this bar since they opened up this mornin' [01:52.70] [01:53.70]And it's almost time to close tonight [01:55.90] [01:58.17]I guess it's about time to go [01:59.50]Find me a gutter tuck myself in tonight [02:03.35] [02:05.45]Where does a man go when he's already on the bottom [02:08.58] [02:10.11]It's really not much choice he's got [02:11.77] [02:13.02]Either picks himself up [02:14.34]And tries again or just lays back down to rot [02:18.37] [02:19.91]No life starts out to be like mine pain is never planned [02:23.92] [02:25.20]And yet here I sit with nothing in the world [02:28.83] [02:31.13]But these confessions of a broken man [02:34.09] [02:35.47]I'm just askin' you to listen not to understand [02:44.01] [02:45.22]These confessions of a broken man