Toeman Jones - Ol' Joe

Way back in 1830
A man took my family from me
He wrote in ancient dialect
Had stones to help him see
But he didn't see nothin'
That's what troubles me

He was visited by angels
Who showed him to plates of gold
That no one else could look upon
That no one else could hold
But he didn't have nothin'
No sacred texts of old
He didn't have nothin'
That's what leaves me cold

God spoke and Ol' Joe would listen
Just like two friends keeping company
Joe received in revelations
God's plan for humanity
But he didn't hear nothin'
But his own goddamn vanity
He didn't hear nothin'
That's what troubles me

I've been toiling in his shadows
For some 25 odd years
I've been dwelling in his city
I've been living out his fears

Of being mortal
Of growing old alone
Of dying in obscurity
With nothing of my own
Of losing loved ones
And feeling sure they're
Of having no purpose
No reason to go on
Of having no money
No family or a home
Of being aimless
Of having no control
Of being human

That's what scared him most of all
Was just being human
Just a body and a soul
Oh, just being human
That's what scared him most of all
Was just being human
That's what scares us most of all
Is just being human

Written by:
Daniel Smith

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