Praying Man

Album: Live From The Underground (2012)
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  • Guess I was on the road
    Didn't know which way to go
    I think I hear a praying man coming
    A praying man coming
    Sometimes I couldn't read the signs
    My people done left me behind
    I think I hear a praying man coming
    I think I hear a praying man coming

    Stumble along the path, he emerged from the grass
    Stopped at me and asked why so sad
    Perhaps because they had taken what I had
    I'm sure it wasn't much to them but it was all that I could grab
    I was on my way to church, I was running late at first
    But after all this riff raff here, I missed service and it hurts
    But what's worse I'm not sure how long I've been swaying in the breeze
    Tired of talking to the trees and you the first praying man that I've seen
    I lending hand, but I see if you got some time
    I'm glad you looked up because most people pay no mind
    He smiled and said "Son well, I can do you one better"
    He removed a pocket knife and cut me down from my oppressor, forever

    Guess I was on the road
    Didn't know which way to go
    I think I hear a praying man coming
    A praying man coming
    Sometimes I couldn't read the signs
    My people done left me behind
    I think I hear a praying man coming
    I think I hear a praying man coming

    Boating along the sea, he emerged from the mist
    Asked me how I got far from the beach
    Cause they stripped me of my pride and put these shackles on my feet
    I was stacked on top of my folk and it was really hard to breathe
    It was a little hard to believe that I had been caught up in this mess
    And some of my own people would sell me to my death
    It was a lot of us on the ride and it was a lot of us that was lost
    But some of us couldn't take it so some of us jumped off
    And I'm really glad you found me on your course
    I been out here for a while and there's no sign of the shore
    He smiled and said "Son well I can do you one better"
    He lended me his hand and picked me up from my oppressor, forever

    Guess I was on the road
    Didn't know which way to go
    I think I hear a praying man coming
    A praying man coming
    Sometimes I couldn't read the signs
    My people done left me behind
    I think I hear a praying man coming
    I think I hear a praying man coming

    Driving along the road
    He asked me what I was running from and where I was trying to go
    "Well I was working in the field and one of my kinfolk just got killed
    And I knew they'd come for me and Lord knows I wanna live
    See I heard there's people free, not that far but far from me
    To be running from these dogs with no shoes up on my feet
    I heard of this railroad that ventures underground
    And takes my kind of people to a place that we can't be found
    And I been wounded for some miles, so I decided to rest my head
    I guess they let me go cause they assumed that I was dead
    Smiled and said “Son hop in this wagon and get settled”
    He offered me a ride and drove me far away from my oppressor, forever

    Guess I was on the road
    Didn't know which way to go
    I think I hear a praying man coming
    A praying man coming
    Sometimes I couldn't read the signs
    My people done left me behind
    I think I hear a praying man coming
    I think I hear a praying man coming Writer/s: BILLY HUME, JUSTIN LEWIS SCOTT
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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