the
rains came the day she left,
I never thought they would
She turned away like all the rest,
I never thought she could
It hadn't rained for six weeks straight
and the crops weren't any good
I tell you, you're looking for food
with a rifle in the woods
So don't turn your back on me,
I might have a gun
Just listen to what I have to say
and you can carry on
These are desperate days
for what's a man to do
Time's gonna let a lean on me
I had no one to lean on to
In 1986 I walked off that farm
It was the year the Canadian government
put a tax on country charm
When I told them I needed some time,
they asked me where my money had gone
Me, living in a two -room shack,
I couldn't hardly keep warm
So don't turn your back on me,
I might have a gun
Just listen to what I have to say,
and you can carry on
These are desperate days
I was a man to do
Time's got a little lean on me
I had no one to lean on to
When I was just a boy
My daddy said to me
Always stay straight and true
And things will work out you see
Well if my daddy was here tonight
to listen to me sing my song
I'd look him straight in the eyes
and I'd tell him he was wrong
So don't turn your back on me,
I might have a gun
Just listen to what I have to say
and you can carry on
But these are desperate days
What's a man to do?
Time's got a little lean on me
I had no one to lean on to
Time's got a little lean on me
I had no one to lean on to
Time's got a little lean on me
I had no one to lean on to