[Intro]
This young man has gotten too old
To claim, claim a clean slope
Looking over a field through the glaze of cracked, lead windows
While my thoughts creep up when the draft flows
Lets me cry, cry these tears
Tears of lead
Women let yourselves be warned
That your hearts, lest they're torn
Had hardly been borne
Daddies, please, don't leave them
They're more precious than your reasons for going away
He-he-hey
The kids want you
Want you to stay
[Chorus]
And now I'm here, with my whiskey and my beer
And there's nothing in my life that I don't fear
We're full of doubt, and have thoughts of getting out
I've accumulated enough lead through the years
[Bridge]
O-o-o-oh, tears of lead
O-o-o-oh, tears of lead
[Chorus]
And now I'm here, with my whiskey and my beer
And there's nothing in my life that I don't fear
I'm full of doubt, and have thoughts of getting out
I've accumulated enough lead through the years
[Bridge]
O-o-o-oh, tears of lead
O-o-o-oh, tears of lead
[Outro]
O-o-o-oh, tears of lead
O-o-o-oh, tears of lead