Composed, Copyrighted and Performed
by Roger Himes
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How did I get myself
so strung out and down?
Not knowing which end’s up
not knowing right from wrong?
God, get me out of this old world
if it’s only six feet down.
I’ve spent too many years
not knowing heads from tails
Vainly searching for myself
no friend to go my bail
Pour me, sir, another beer
and listen to my tale.
I went off to college
I guess my folks to please
And even found myself attached
to some fancy degree
But nobody paid any mind
to my anguish or my plea.
Now I sit alone at night
and strum my old guitar
Or I go out and pick a song
in some honky-tonk or bar
Or maybe sit in vain and pray
to some far-off morning star.
I sit and listen to a song
with a good line in the middle
And I think in just how many ways
My life’s AN UNSOLVED RIDDLE
Tell me, life, for goodness sake
can’t you give a little?
I don’t know why I’m in this life,
I need a savior to get me out
Why did Jesus die alone?
Denied and down and out?
Lord, am I meant to live my life
in misery and doubt?
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Needless to say, I wrote this at a time when I felt alone and uncertain about everything in life. It didn’t last a long time, and things changed even more drastically after I met Jesus and joined my life to him.
But in law and counseling people, I’ve met lots of folks who feel much the same way as this song says. One divorce case I handled the guy even killed his wife and then himself.
Negative emotions can consume us, and if we don’t get a handle on them they can own us.
We must all do what we can to get our lives in order, and in control, so that we rule over our circumstances, and our emotions, instead of them ruling over us.
Roger Himes, Lawyer
A Gospel Life Coach
