Tryin' To Start Out Clean - Willie P. Bennett
Well I left my baby and I don't care if I do
she was good to me and all of my friends too
she used to come to me first 'cause she said her love was true
And it made me blue,
Ya it made me blue
Sometimes I feel like a river gone round the bend
and when I wake up dead there's no one there to defend me
I got things in my brain that tends to tear me apart
Like a broken heart
or trying to start out,
clean
Family and warm friends are what I used to admire
it made me think maybe I had more than just a desire
to go back home but I set all my bridges on fire
and it made me blue,
Ya it made me blue
Sometimes I feel like a river gone round the bend
and when I wake up dead there's no one there to defend me
I got things in my brain that tends to tear me apart
Like a broken heart
or trying to start out,
clean
(Instrumental Verse)
Well you can kick in my back door, hell come on in
any friend who's a friend of mine won't mind being where I've been
I'd lend a helping if I had a helping hand to lend
But I fear the end
And it makes me blue
Sometimes I feel like a river gone round the bend
and when I wake up dead there's no one there to defend me
I got things in my brain that tends to tear me apart
Like a broken heart
or trying to start out,
clean.