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A Broken Man And The Dawn Lyrics
There's a man looking blank into the wall
Older, colder and mumbling
Looking over his shoulder
Until the break of dawn
His eyes will not close
All the days are the same getting down
At the bar and he's mumbling
About the war and the lost ones
Until the break of dawn
And where are his loved ones
Oh baby it's oh so cold in this place
Oh maybe it's all so close to the bitter end
Oh maybe it all just burns like a living hell
I'm all alone and here comes the dawn
Hearing boots walking into the bar
Four men dragging their boxes
People stare and smell trouble
Until the break of dawn, the four men will go
And the four men start to open every case
And people wonder
When they pull out their instruments and play
Dear people, we are the guitar gangsters
And we are here to join you
And ease the pain you're in
Now listen
Hearing boots walking out of the bar
Four men dragging their boxes
People smile and they're roaring
Until the break of dawn, a new day is born
Dear ladies and gentlemen
We thank you for your kindness
We're on the road again, forever
Older, colder and mumbling
Looking over his shoulder
Until the break of dawn
His eyes will not close
At the bar and he's mumbling
About the war and the lost ones
Until the break of dawn
And where are his loved ones
Oh maybe it's all so close to the bitter end
Oh maybe it all just burns like a living hell
I'm all alone and here comes the dawn
Four men dragging their boxes
People stare and smell trouble
Until the break of dawn, the four men will go
And people wonder
When they pull out their instruments and play
Dear people, we are the guitar gangsters
And we are here to join you
And ease the pain you're in
Now listen
Four men dragging their boxes
People smile and they're roaring
Until the break of dawn, a new day is born
We thank you for your kindness
We're on the road again, forever
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This song is about a man returning home from war. He finds out that his girlfriend, whom he was about to marry before the war, has died from cancer. She was the only thing he had left, and he was looking forward to starting a new life with her. Now he sits in a small apartment in "The 10 House City", staring at the wall, talking to himself, and trying to kill himself with booze at The Bar across the street.
I feel this song is about a man that is down on his luck and feels there is no way out, at a bar. Possibly a veteran that can not make people understand what he went through. He is in a bar either ready to end his life or hopefully fall asleep in the dawn. Then a band comes on that makes him understand his pain inside and lives to see another day.