
…it ain't no fair
You travel the landscape with your mind but inside it's like nobody care
No form of insight, it's midnight, you're…
…shoulders hurt
But when you know your worth
And there is no diversion
These are words of a broken person
Who's soul…
…that you are important
Hear the fire talking
Spoke of challenges that are in store
And I ask if I have the heart to bear the stuff I walk…

…fingers ar everybody else
Spend all their time feelin' sorry for themselves
Victim of this, victim of that
Your momma's too thin…
…it, Get over it
It's like going to confession every time I hear you speak
You're makin' the most of your losin' streak
Some call…
…do I get out of here
Where do I fit in?
Though the world is torn and shaken
Even if your heart is breakin'
It's waiting…

…will
And I'll keep the name yes yes yes
Come on never forget me, people, aaaah
Road, road
Talkin' 'bout a road yeah
Talkin' 'bout your…
In my life
I spoke out loud
I said
You know you are the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life
I heard a voice tell me
I heard…
…for awhile
And then I spoke out loud
And I said to it
I said...
“Because I am a man
And I am a part of…

…it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen in my life
I spoke out loud, I said
You know you are the most beautiful thing I'd…
…that U are man enough to change anything?”
I thought for awhile, and then I spoke out loud, and I said to it, I said...
“Because I am a man and I am a part of…
…life
Then I heard my wife say, “It's all right baby, I understand
Go ahead and do your thing!” There was nowhere I could run
I…

…a) TOBACCO ROAD - Part One
I was born in a filthy dump, my mother died and my daddy got drunk
And they left me here, yes, to die or grow
In the middle of…
…for awhile, and then I spoke out loud, and I said to it, I said...
“Because I am a man and I am a part of…
…“It's all right baby, I understand
Go ahead and do your thing!” There was nowhere I could run
I heard my father say “I understand son…

…up a sisterhood
Cry lead me out of widowhood
But that is melodrama on my part
I could blame my grieving'
On the fact that I've been…
But we love and we lose and we lash-out and we bruise
And the name of the game's just the living
We go as far as we can go we've got…
…fault
I only wanted to blame someone
I never said it was your fault
I only wanted to blame someone
The moon's wax and wane and the turn of the tide…

…is
And not what people thought you was
I was always a topic of conversation
I was never asked about
The shit them shit brains spoke about me
I always…
…to the stress in me
Like following someone else paper trail
That shit gonna be the death of me
I know deep down that I can't get…
…out 'cause I came eccentric with it right?
Shit I'm thankful that you did it
Kept me on the same wavelength, gave my name strength…
By Freda Payne (1971)
On album Contact (1971)

…pleasures that once spoke your name
Can't live without you, you are my life
(You are my life, you are my life, can't live without you…
…)
I'm lost in a sea of despair
I'm on a downhill journey going nowhere
I'm not strong enough to accept this change
Life seems so…
Like a clock that's run out of time
Can't live without you, you are my life
(You are my life, you are my life, can't live without…

…
Someone to give me peace of mind.
But still, ever constant, ever true
Is the love and memory I have for you.
Here it comes again…
…to regain
Those pleasures that once spoke your name
Can't live without you, you are my life
(You are my life, you are my life, can't live…
…without you)
I'm lost in a sea of despair
I'm on a downhill journey going nowhere
I'm not strong enough to accept this change
Life…