Gordon James - Gov't Mule

Hey Gordon James

Why’d your momma give you two last names

Did she have expectations for you

Did you let her down like we knew you would do

Gordon James, I know we’re all subject to change

But you were way too young to lose your soul

They say you traded it away

Did you think you could just buy it back someday

Gordon James

Were you too busy ducking the blame

To realize that it’s you we now fear

Maybe someday soon it will all be so clear

Were you lonely, yeah we were all lonely

Were you scared, yeah well I’m scared too

Did your dreams turn black or

Did you sleep like a child

Did your heroes die off, leave you alone in the wild

Or is this just the path that you choose

Were you blinded, yeah we were all blinded

The trick is, they say, to heal yourself

Did you just let go of the reigns one day

Let the ocean’s current wash you away

Were you all alone when you fell

Gordon James

Did your momma die from the shame

Was she trying to pull you back into the light

But you were way too far gone to save

Do you even visit her grave

Gordon James

Do you think it’s too late to change

To make up for the lives that you bought and sold

And the war machines that you traded for gold

Could this be the day that you pray

Do you think it really matters anyway