TEARS OF BLOOD (A LIFE OF TORMENT) written by Sheldon Manoo (1997)

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            When I cry, it hurts so bad

            It’s more than just feeling so sad

            When the tears they fall, it feels like fire

            And it brings me pain that I can’t retire

            The tears they flow like warm rushing blood

            And my memory saunters like a corroded flood

            And nothing can ever seem to soothe me

            When I start to cry it’s terror completely

 

And all of my life it’s been down and down

And there was never a moment to turn around

When I was little I had a brother and two sisters

And dad, one day he up and left us

And my mama she took her own precious life

And left us all alone to survive

And when we went into that orphan home

They said we couldn’t stay together any mo’

This couple took me in to live with them

I never heard or seen any of my siblings again

But life wasn’t easy they wanted a servant

I had to do everything that they want

And only music ever made me feel free

But they always took that radio away from me

 

So one day I built the guts and ran away

But there was no one to take me in any day

I had to live out of bins and stealing

I never knew just what I was feeling

Sometimes some stranger gave me a shot of coke

But I never could have laugh when they made a joke

So all my life was just one circle of insecurity

And every day there’s something that bothers me

 

BRIDGE:        I have lived a life of torment

                        I have life a life of pain

                        I have lived a life of disgust

                        I have lived a life of shame

                        And I’m just twenty two

                        I don’t know what to do

                        To take me from this living hell

                        And take me to a better place’

                        Take me to a tear wiper

                        And wipe these tracks right off my face

                        I have lived a life of torture

                        I have lived a life of sorrow

                        Can I find my family?

                        Can there be a smile tomorrow?

 

            (Solo)

 

Well now I ain’t out on the street

I got a job and nice shoes on my feet

And I even got a place to stay

And the rent it ain’t so hard to pay

But that’s all I got to be thankful for

There’s nothing else to hold on to

Every day it’s the same old story

What is there for me to do?

Cause When I cry, it hurts so bad

            It’s more than just feeling so sad

            When the tears they fall, it feels like fire

            And it brings me pain that I can’t retire

            The tears they flow like warm rushing blood

            And my memory saunters like a corroded flood

            And nothing can ever seem to soothe me

            When I start to cry it’s terror completely