Mark King - Clapped Out lyrics

As the sun shines on me

I am here to wait

For the days of worry

Don't worry me

Lesson One was hardest

Hardest one to take

But that's just the way I am

All the nights I laid there

On my back and prayed

That I would be a better man today

I was hurting for the things I'd said and done

Hurting for the someone

It's all down the river (way down the river)

Past is past and done is done

Listen to the teacher (listen to your preacher)

And do your best my son

Keener for the lessons I have learned

Wiser by a thousand years

Does the heart grow stronger

When its love is spurned

And is that why I'm still here

And the nights when I laid there

On my back and prayed

Never stopped the looping anyway

Happiness is hardest as you reach the end of the road

It's all down the river (way down the river)

Past is past and done is done

Listen to the teacher (listen to your preacher)

Then you'll know best my son

It's all down the river (way down the river)

Past is past and done is done

Listen to the teacher (listen to your preacher)

And do your best my son