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Gordon Lightfoot - Don't Beat Me Down Lyrics

Gordon Lightfoot Don't Beat Me Down lyrics is the 47th song on the album "United Artists Collection, The" by Gordon Lightfoot. The "Don't Beat Me Down" lyrics by Gordon Lightfoot are displayed below.
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Don't Beat Me Down by Gordon Lightfoot

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Oh when he was a man my father would stand

I never saw him run

There wasn't anyone could make the man bend

The strength of his will was the tool of his trade

And he did his work well

 

Till the powers that be took a liking to him

And they traded his body for a cold empty shell

 

Don't beat me down

Don't beat me down

I've got something to say

Don't you stand in my way

And don't beat me down

 

Oh when I was a youth I found the truth

In the eyes of a friend

There wasn't anyone could make the light dim

And we talked and we rambled and we gambled to win

And the learning was good

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Till the powers that be to a liking to him

They traded their fortunes for the sight of his blood

 

When I was a child and my mother smiled

At the cradle she bought

For the little tot she held to her breast

And the song that she sang was an anthem to love

It was all that I heard

 

Till the powers that be took a liking to me

And they told me that love was a four-letter word

 

Don't beat me down

Don't beat me down

I've got one life to live

And that's all I can give

So don't beat me down

 

And now I've got a place I got a worried face

And a question in mind

Please let me find a reason somehow

Why some reap the harvest while other men die

And the joker runs wild

 

And if powers that be take a liking to us

Then we all must return to the ways of a child

We all must return to the ways of a child

 

So don't beat me down

Don't beat me down

I've got something to say

Don't you stand in my way

And don't beat me down

 

I've got one life to life

And that's all I can give

So don't beat me down

Don't beat me down

Don't beat me down

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