Johnny Cash ~ Hurt ( The Ballard of Ole' Scranton Joe)

I hurt myself today...
To see if I still feel...
I focus on the pain...
The only thing that's real...
The needle tears a hole...
The old familiar sting...
Try to kill it all away...
But I remember everything...

What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away...
In the end...
And you could have it all...
My empire of dirt...
I will let you down...
I will make you hurt...

I wear this crown of thorns...
Upon my liar's chair...
Full of broken thoughts...
I cannot repair...
Beneath the stains of time...
The feelings disappear...
You are someone else...
I am still right here...

What have I become...
My sweetest friend...
Everyone I know goes away...
In the end...
And you could have it all...
My empire of dirt...
I will let you down...
I will make you hurt...

If I could start again...
A million miles away...
I would keep myself...
I would find a way...