The Ballad of B*****d

 

    Faster than a ray of light

    and his voice was such a sound

    He'd stood among the best of men

    but among them was not found

    His whole life was conquered strife

    Never had stayed down

    But his soul had turned to coal when his heart had hit the ground

 

    There was a time, now lost in wine

    When he'd been a virtued man

    Held to good, did what he could

    Greeted with calluses hand

    Then to his life had come a wife who loved to # around

    So he set fire to the pyre and the world began to bound

 

    More places then full towns had been

    He went with gold and steal

    Every friend was made to bend

    Every # was made kneel

    Every heart was torn apart and when he'd deal he'd break the deal

    God damn his touch was pain to feel

    But God damn he kept it real!

 

    The time went on like a country song

    He grew old and bitter and debt

    To a nursing home with wheels to roam

    And no visitors save regret

    For the path he'd chosen with a mind that'd frozen from betrayal in terminal fret

 

    So afraid of the sting of a bee

    That never again tasted honey