Remember these words from your childhood? “This is going to hurt me more than it does you.”
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Reaper man, Reaper man, come knock at my door.
I can’t take the pains of this life any more.
I’ve fought so many battles and won not a one.
I don’t even know where my next meal will come from.
I haven’t had a job since I don’t know when.
The stray dog that comes by is my only friend.
The rent’s overdue. My wife and kids have left me.
Oh, Reaper man, I beg you, please come set me free.
If I had something left to sell that had any value
I’d buy me a bottle and drink ‘til it’s through.
But the bottom of the bottles have consumed my life.
They cost me my home, my kids, and my wife.
I lost my license when I wrecked my car into a tree.
I was charged with drunk driving, took ninety days to go free.
I’ve had bad luck, time after time.
I know it’s my fault I don’t have a dime.
I’ve prayed to God with no answers to see.
Oh please, Reaper man, come set me free.
Release me from this living hell that I live.
My life’s the last thing I have left to give.
Stanley Victor Paskavich
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