Broken Mans Lament Lyrics - Emmylou Harris

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I was once a broken man
I was once a broken fool
Lost my wife and children
To one basic broken rule

Now i live my life in silence
Though i'm not quite in a shell
I drink and listen to that song -
"a whiter shade of pale" oh
A whiter shade of pale

I was a good shade-tree mechanic
So i sent myself to school
They smoothed out my rough edges
In my hand they put new tools

The instructor once he told me
I could work on any line
I could tune to make
A diesel sing...
Just like patsy cline oh
Just like patsy cline.

Well i met my wife to be
Through my mother's best friend's son
She'd been a barroom singer
She was as good as anyone

Well i asked her to stop singing
And the girl she did not flinch
Next day she went and bought that man
A brand new crescent wrench oh
A brand new crescent wrench.

We had three fine children
As eight years went on by
And earned a supervising line
My knuckles stayed bone-dry

But after supper i kept hearing her
By the kitchen radio
Singing sweet but desperate harmony
A little bit too low oh
A little bit too low.

She left three months later
I'd just come home for lunch
Note said "easy come hard go.
"i still love you so much."

She said i don't know if i'll be there
Or if you'll want me when i come
But if and when that happens dear
You'd better let my sweet dream run oh
Let my sweet dream run.

I was a good shade-tree mechanic
So i sent myself to school
They smoothed out my rough edges
In my hand they put new tools

The instructor once he told me
I could work on any line
But now my diesels aint the only thing
That sing like patsy cline oh
Sing like patsy cline.

I was once a broken man
I was once a broken fool
Lost my wife and children
To one basic broken rule

Now i live my life in silence
Though i'm not quite in a shell
I drink and listen to that song - "a
Whiter shade of pale" oh
A whiter shade of pale oh
A whiter shade of pale oh
A whiter shade of pale.

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