Everything Thats On My Mind

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I've been out here for so long riding fences 
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I don't know what it finally was that brought me to my senses 
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Was it the cold?  Was it the loneliness? 
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Was it my shame at the sickness of my flesh? 
 
Rebuilding fences is an introspective undertaking 
There's no diversion to distract you from the deeper aching 
I cut the wood, I swung the hammer 
Every strike like a flash of understanding 
 
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I    have to say everything that's on my mind 
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I can not keep it bottled up inside me 
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I have to pray, it took me far too long to find out 
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That my weakness is my testimony 
 
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All my labor was the protest demonstration 
Of a man who had the gall to call conviction condemnation 
Till I cried for grace and I finally meant it 
Till I left my pride behind me nailed to those fences 
 
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Up in this altitude the cold at night can kill 
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My fingers got so numb, my body got so chilled 
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It seeps into your bones and devastates your will 
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Oh, I'm not the strongest man, no, I'm not the only man 
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No, I'm not the strongest man that's been broken in those hills 
 
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