BLIND MAN BLUES

He walk this road like the whole world in his way,
yeah he walk this road like the whole world in his way.
Ain’t hear no truth around him—
only hears what he wanna say.

Hold your hand, don’t swing the weight.
Win the fight that starts inside.

He holler at good people who once stood by his side,
yeah he holler at good people who once stood by his side.
Pushin’ ‘em down so hard—
they got no place left to hide.

Blames every slowdown on weakness, never on the shadow he throws,
yeah he blames every slowdown on weakness, never on the shadow he throws.
Can’t see the fear around him—
can’t see the part that he chose.

Hold your hand, don’t swing the weight.
Win the fight that starts inside.

Say, “They fail me daily,” like the world been cheatin’ him blind,
yeah he say, “They fail me daily,” like the world been cheatin’ him blind.
But truth stand right behind him—
waitin’ on him to change his mind.

 
He fightin’ every shadow like somebody tryin’ to take his crown,
yeah he fightin’ every shadow like somebody tryin’ to take his crown.
Never think for a moment
he the one draggin’ himself down.

One night he caught a look in somebody’s frightened eyes,
yeah one night he caught a look in somebody’s frightened eyes.
ne night he caught a look in somebody’s frightened eyes,
yeah one night he caught a look in somebody’s frightened eyes.
Saw what he done become—
but he called that truth “their lies.”

Hold your hand, don’t swing the weight.
Win the fight that starts inside.
Don’t break the tools you’ll need tomorrow—
you’ll reach for them in time.

Now he stand alone where the good folks walked away,
yeah he stand alone where the good folks walked away.
Still blamin’ the world for leavin’—
never see he made it that way.

Hold your hand, don’t swing the weight.
Win the fight that starts inside.