The good lord must have heard my prayers, because he packed up and disappeared He took the praise and extravagant odes, and he left the sting I've been dying to know Someone should give that old devil his due He taught me how to love only you I know I owe my good fortune to him
Because he pulled me out of the trance that faith had put me in
I've been blessed with a broken heart since the day I was born Cleansed in the water, the sons and the daughters, stripped of the sins we're destined for I've been blessed with a broken heart since the day I've been reborn Down in the water, the sons and the daughters, the kind of death worth living for
The Good Stranger has seen me grieve He saw the crooked old heart on my sleeve He took the note I had handwritten and said "Only sinners become better men" Someone should give that old devil his due He taught me how to love only you I owe the love of my woman to him
Because he took her out of the grave that faith put her in
I've been blessed with a broken heart since the day I was born Cleansed in the water, the sons and the daughters, stripped of the sins we're destined for I've been blessed with a broken heart since the day I've been reborn Down in the water, the sons and the daughters, the kind of death worth living for
I can't live without the blues I can't love without the blues I can't sleep without the blues The devil will take his pay so we're alright
Because he pulled me out the trance that faith had put me in
I've been blessed with a broken heart since the day I was born Cleansed in the water, the sons and the daughters, stripped of the sins we're destined for I've been blessed with a broken heart since the day I've been reborn Down in the water, the sons and the daughters, the kind of death worth living for