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Gilly HarrisonA Drowning Man Acoustic English songwriting

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For the ex-soldiers on our streets whom our governments abandon when they have no further use for them.

Well I am the one they call Jimmy - I live in perpetual fear.
I'm a drunk - I'm a bum - but I'm better than some of the men who put me here.
I live on the road where they left me.
And I sleep on the streets where I fall.
And while I'm grateful to they who throw pennies my way ...
I'd prefer they threw nothing at all.

So just let me drink - then let me sleep
I don't want to think about things that will keep me awake at night.
Just let me be - you don't want to see inside the mind of a drowning man.

Well I served my Queen and my country - as many have done before
I was scared - I was young - I was dumb as they come.
My God - the things that I saw.
The devil delights in the details - and the angels just don't want to know.
Why this man of the streets feeds the jaws of defeat ...
And they will not let me go.

So just let me drink - then let me sleep
I don't want to think about things that will keep me awake at night.
Just let me be - you don't want to see inside the mind of a drowning man.

Oh hope - oh glory - wherever can you be?
I am aware there are some whom no cannon stuns ...
But they stunned me.
They say every drink tells a story - and from every tear hangs a tale
But if you don't mind - I am mostly inclined to keep them to myself.

So just let me drink - then let me sleep
I don't want to think about things that will keep me awake at night.
Just let me be - you don't want to see inside the mind of a drowning man. x

Song Comments

Certified Organic
love the guitar Gilly, and the vocals as always ,wonderful. lovely fingerstyle pickin on this one and the story takes you on a journey throughout the life of a man who served his country as many have for many a century and years past, but this one grabs your heart. it is something worth thinking about, and remembering those who have been lost and fallen through the cracks, maybe more then then ever before. cheers to Gilly for this song

Over The Moon
Always one to come up with something surprising found myself touched by this one.

WTOZ RADIO
As heavy a song as you an get without a band....on WTOZ

Voices -Outside The Box
Wow. Just listen.