Ragged Company Lyrics by Janiva Magness Oh lord, I think I’ve fallen, to my disbelieve I’m cursing like a sailor, I’m lying like a thief It’s hard to heed the calling, from the bitter side of me I’m blaming everybody else and no one coming clean Oh lord, can’t you see, my thick skin wearing thin? The demons of the lesser me, are backing me in And those who gather around me, I’m watching them all leave Cause I am my own ragged, company
So you could take a trip to China Take a boat to Spain Take a blue canoe all around the world And never come back again But travel it don’t change a thing It only make it worse Unless the trip you’re taking is to change the crew … Cause every town got a mirror, every mirror still shows me That I am my own ragged company I am my own ragged company
Won’t you help me lord, won’t you help me lord? Someone cut the chord and I’m falling down
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Oh it’s lonely, in all this mighty cold I don’t wanna live this way, I’m scared of growing old It’s hard to heed the warning, when you cannot see the crime The only way to remember is to forget in a … I’m scared to thread the red road, that leads to Galilea Cause I am my own ragged company I am my own ragged company I am my own ragged company! I am my own ragged company.