Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes - Ballad of a Young Married Man

I heard a pistol blast, a baby cry, I heard a woman scream
I took a moment to compose myself and take in what I had seen
I caught a glimpse of everything I've done and every man i've been
I closed my eyes and prayed to Jesus it would all be for the best
But he just turned away the night I took a bullet in my chest

Well I'd had 25 years to make my mark and stake my claim
And I admit that I'd enjoyed the notoriety and fame
You see I bought a gun and married young, the two are much the same
I closed my eyes and prayed to Jesus I could be like all the rest
But he abandoned me the night I took a bullet in my chest

Oh Lord, won't you forgive me for my sins, please Father set me free
Won't you open up your gates and let me in
There are a million men as bad as me

You see I had money and I had power
I could have anything that I liked
And I would work and I would drink and occasionally I'd fight
There were friends and there were lovers, but the differences were slight
And when their eyes would fall upon me, they were always so impressed
But I was powerless the night I took a bullet in my chest

They found me buried in a landfill, seven hours from my home
They picked her up a few days later, once her heart had turned to stone
She said she'd love me til the end but all along she should've known
She closed her eyes and prayed to Jesus then she quietly confessed
That it was her that fired the shot that put that bullet in my chest

Oh Lord, won't you forgive me for my sins, please Father set me free
Won't you open up your gates and let me in
There are a million men as bad as me

Oh girl won't you forgive me for my sins, please darlin' set me free
Won't you open up your gates and let me in
There are a million men as bad as me
There are a thousand men as bad as me
There are so many men as bad as me

Written by:
LACHLAN ALEXANDER BRYAN

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