Lyrics of Don't let your spirit down

Don't let your spirit down

With a life filled with purpose
We hope to be heaven bound
And though it's a long and crooked road to walk
Down here on the ground

I've dance with many an outlaw
Many wars I have fought
I've stole when I was starving
Only to be caught

Don't let your spirit get ya down
Don't let your spirit down
Don't let the world get hold of you
Don't let your spirit down

I've listened to the poor folk
I've partied with the rich
I've slept in many fine hotels
I've woke up in a ditch

I've learned from many scholars
Learning is what life is for
But if you voice your thoughts too loud
They will show you to the door

Don't let your spirit get ya down
Don't let your spirit down
Don't let the world get hold of you
Don't let your spirit down

When I was just a schoolboy
We had little money to be found
All the kids poked fun at me 
When we came into town

Though that was so long ago
It seems like yesterday
I can still remember 
What my parents had to say

Don't let your spirit get ya down son
Don't let your spirit down
Don't let the world get hold of you son
Don't let your spirit down

My Father always did his best
Mother never wore a frown
They said. . ."Pay no mind to them
Turn your other cheek the other way around”

I once knew a lady
To me she was the Queen of Queens
But she drove a stake right through my heart
And set fire to my dreams

Don't let your spirit down
Don't let your spirit down
Don't let the world get hold of you son
Don't let your spirit down

Was I her puppet?
Or was I nothing but a clown?
You know I never found the answer
It never let my spirit down

Now I've been down that country road
I've been down that highway too
The time we've spent will never come back
Yet there is so much left to do

With a life filled with purpose
We hope someday to be heaven bound
And though it's a long and crooked road to walk
Never never let it get your spirit down
Never let your spirit down

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