Ain't the man lyrics

I gather my sins in a gunny sack, way down the side of the scale,

when it meets the ground, a sickening sound, I’ll await that trumpets wail,

with a fist of mud right before my judge, may he lay his glory on me,

a verdict passed with an audible laugh, I know what the score will be,

Was a time I tried, and many I lied, and there were plenty of them by and by,

But I don’t expect to stretch out my neck, these reasons I’ll tell you why,

I ain’t the man that you want me to be.

I ain’t the man that you want me to be.

I ain’t the man that you want me to be.

I ain’t the man that you want me to be.

No, I ain’t the man, I ain’t the man that you want me to be,

because the life I lead, one of strife and greed,

I can’t break that hold on me.

Oh no I ain’t the man, I ain’t the man that you want me to be,

cause I dance with the devil and I gamble with God,

I ain’t the man that you want me to be.

There been them nights I prayed for change, that fear I never could,

There been them days I stayed the same and I knew I never would,

There been them weeks when all was bleak, buddy, drink that bottle brown,

there been there years with a lack of tears, that wall came crashing down,

Well I’m the son of a farmer, a low down charmer, I can cheat my way in cards,

I done stabbed my fingers, I’m an off key singer when I play that broke guitar,

And well I can talk, I been around the block, I can lift my Lord on high,

But I wouldn’t take a chance if you want romance, and these reasons I’ll tell you why,

I ain’t the man that you want me to be.

I ain’t the man that you want me to be.

I ain’t the man that you want me to be.

I ain’t the man that you want me to be.

I ain’t the man that you want me to be.

I ain’t the man that you want me to be.

I ain’t the man that you want me to be.

I ain’t the man that you want me to be.

No, I ain’t the man, I ain’t the man that you want me to be,

because the life I lead, one of strife and greed,

I can’t break that hold on me.

Oh no I ain’t the man, I ain’t the man that you want me to be,

cause I dance with the devil and I gamble with God,

I ain’t the man that you want me to be.