Now and Then: Lost Bridges

Lost Bridges

Well drag me from your truck up a gravel road
Let a bloodhound lick what’s left on the end of the rope
Cause I don’t want to hurt nobody no more
I don’t want to hurt nobody no more

People ‘round here never spare the rod
We handle fifth wheels with the justice of the mob
But I don’t want to hurt nobody no more
I don’t want to hurt nobody no more

I backslid the faith trying to cover my hide
I gave praise to their lord cause the stakes looked right
And I don’t want to hurt nobody no more
I don’t want to hurt nobody no more

There never seem to be enough to go around
Mr. Seersucker wants me to keep the salt down
But I don’t want to hurt nobody no more
I don’t want to hurt nobody no more

I made good money as brawling mauler
Holding all my dreams tight as a fugitive’s dollar
But I don’t want to hurt nobody no more
I don’t want to hurt nobody no more

I took the shelter of women from time to time
Now I’m haunted by the girl that I left behind
But the road gets foggy and the river does wind
And the bridges I’ve crossed, never ‘gain will I find…

The deeper you love, deeper the hooks sink in
I tore your heart from the earth when I’s uprooting
Now I don’t want to hurt nobody no more
I don’t want to hurt nobody no more

I can’t see no point still tryin’ to be good
From the day I was born they said they knew that I would
But I don’t want to hurt nobody no more
I don’t want to hurt nobody no more

Shoot me like Lennie cause you’re my best friend
With all the love in the world, this is how it must end
Cause I don’t want to hurt nobody no more
I don’t want to hurt nobody no more




September 5, 2006