Clifton Hicks - Crying Shame

I composed this song in 2004 after learning that my best friend had been killed in Ramadi, Iraq. “Dennis J. Miller, 21, was killed Wednesday in Ramadi when a rocket propelled grenade hit his M1A1 Abrams tank, the Pentagon said.“ When I was a child my momma used to say Don’t you ever let them see you run away, I tried to obey the words she said that day But now I’m running and I just can’t get away. My father drifted away my mother’s dead and gone My sister died of shame my brother never came home, I’ve been running so long I just can’t run no more Lord I’ve been running since the day that I was born. I know that thieves can steal I know that liars can lie I guess that I’ll be a fool until the day I die, I’ve seen more hard times than I would care to count I know that nobody knows you when you’re down and out. Lord I never thought that I would live this long And I never thought that I would be this strong, I hear the voice of an angel singing my last song Lord I never thought that I would live this long. #banjo #folkmusic #bluesmusic #acousticmusic #veterans