Everything Thats On My Mind

{ / / / / }{ / / / / }{ / / / / }{ / / / / } I've been out here for so long riding fences I don't know what it finally was that brought me to my senses Was it the cold? Was it the loneliness? Was it my shame at the sickness of my flesh? Rebuilding fences is an introspective undertaking There's no diversion to distract you from the deeper aching I cut the wood, I swung the hammer Every strike like a flash of understanding Chorus: I have to say everything that's on my mind I can not keep it bottled up inside me I have to pray, it took me far too long to find out That my weakness is my testimony { / / / / }{ / / / / }{ / / / / }{ / / / / }{ / / / / }{ / / / / } All my labor was the protest demonstration Of a man who had the gall to call conviction condemnation Till I cried for grace and I finally meant it Till I left my pride behind me nailed to those fences CHORUS { / / / / }{ / / / / }{ / / / / }{ / / / / }{ / / / / }{ / / / / } Up in this altitude the cold at night can kill My fingers got so numb, my body got so chilled It seeps into your bones and devastates your will Oh, I'm not the strongest man, no, I'm not the only man No, I'm not the strongest man that's been broken in those hills CHORUS |:{ / / / / }{ / / / / }{ / / / / }{ / / / / }:| { / / / / }