Lyrics

Empty Man
Lyrics and Music by Woody Russell / ©℗ 2015, Woody Russell, Cats Up The Street Music, ASCAP

I’m hauling on that rope
I’m lifting that bale
I’m breaking that stone
But I can’t save one thin dime

I’m forging that steel
I’m hammering that iron
I’m dragging that chain
Feel like a man doing time

But if you’re still there for me
When I fall in to bed at night
I won’t be an empty man
The new day will come wrapped in a brand new light
I smell the magnolia trees
And spring is a wondrous sight
But my love if you ever leave
You take with you my last remaining light

Don’t want to be an empty man
Don’t want to be an empty man

I’m carrying that weight
I’m hustling that coin
I’m punching that tin
Yes, I’ve been toeing that line

I’m stoking that flame
I’m shoveling that coal
I’m steaming down that track
While this ol’ world is losing its shine

But if you’re still there for me
When I fall in to bed at night
I won’t be an empty man
The new day will come wrapped in a brand new light
I smell the bakery on the breeze
As dawn peels away the night
But my love if you ever leave
You take with you my last remaining light

Don’t want to be an empty man
Don’t want to be an empty man