I Walked Away - Jorn

Once I was a rebel living in a dream

Breaking young girls hearts I could be so mean

I used to be strung out and lost in a trance

Now I look back at those days like a bad romance

My life is loaded with those dark memories

And still I am haunted by that cold winters breeze

I was causing so much sorrow and pain

Until I found the sun and reached out of the rain

I had to walk away from the man I used to be

Yeah I walked away from a life in misery

Had to clear my clouded heart to see a brighter day

I walked away… yes I walked away

I remember the reverends daughter

Brought up on holy water

Hallelujah, such a sweet wild thing

I couldn’t stop my desire so I set the woman on fire

Made her promises but my love was a lie

I was loaded when she broke the news: she said

You are the devil that brought me the blues

That woman left me in a wicked state of mind

When I woke up next morning I felt half dead and blind

She had to walk away from the man she didn’t need

Ooh she walked away from a love not meant to be

There was something wrong from the start

And she just could not stay

She walked away from me

Ooh… I had to walk away from the man I used to be

I walked away from a life in misery

Had to clean my blackened heart to find a brighter day

I walked away

I had to walk away… Walk away

It seems like only yesterday

Now I’m a better father, brother, friend and lover