A Man of My Word
Words by Douglas Heyes Jr.

A MAN OF MY WORD

I'm a man who keeps his promises
But I'm no one's promise keeper
A master of my circumstances
I like to dig a Little deeper
I don't buy religion
But I’m Spirit just the same
Just another Soldier of Fortune
At the ending of the game

I don't care a lick about
What matters to most good folks
I've lived in a big castle
And I've been completely broke
I have kissed my dreams goodbye
When they all went up and smoke
Just another nameless passerby
My life was such a joke

CHORUS:
I'm a Man Of My Word, all right
There ain't no doubt about it
I don't care what you heard tonight
You can live your life without it
You can climb on the roof and dance around
Jump up and down and shout it
Be the wind in the wings of a great white bird
Listen to me Baby, I’m a Man Of My Word

I don't make empty promises
I don't bake pie in the sky
I got these hands, got me on the bandstand
I can teach you how to fly
Baby, heavy heavy hangs over my head
It just makes me want to cry
Then I remember what the good Lord said
About our new home in the sky

Heaven's waiting there for us
Our very own slice of paradise
In each other, baby, and In God we trust
There’s never been nothin’ but the two of us
They say that ashes turn to ashes and dust to dust
I guess it doesn't matter if the damn thing busts
Have you even heard a single word I said
Will be truckin’ down the highway like the Grateful Dead

CHORUS:
I'm A Man Of My Word
It don't matter what they told you
It don't matter what you heard
Cuz I'm a man of my word
I will stand beside you
Till it all just Fades away
I'm a man of my word
And I'm not going away
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