Lonely man

There on his deathbed

Death and his pale horse

This is what he said

He said, See them pictures

Up there on the wall

Go ahead and take one last look before

I make my final call

Shows a man who had it all

Yeah, the pride before the fall

Had me a woman now

Had me a wife

Had everything in this world

Had a perfect life

Then I wandered

Down that darkened road

Went to taste the sins of the flesh

Yeah find my lust for gold

Now I'm lying here all alone

In my broken and empty home

No one to search for my soul to roam

All because I lost the Cornerstone

I came back from the Crossroads looking for some whiskey and wine

I came back from the Crossroads looking for some whiskey and wine

Saw that girl and her Cornerstone decided I would make her mine

I said c'mon now baby, let me show you how to rock and roll

I said come over here baby, show you how to rock and roll

Yeah give me a taste of your Cornerstone, shake you down to your soul

She said I'm an independent woman, yeah I don't need your kind of man

I'm an independent woman, don't need your kind of man

You want a get to this Cornerstone, you better put a ring on my hand

I said my honey my baby, I'm going to give you the world on a string

I said my honey my baby, I'll give you the world on a string

Give me a taste of that Cornerstone 'cuz Honey I got you that wedding ring

You're a good looking man yeah, I like way your guitar hums

You're a good looking man yeah, I like way your guitar hums

Come on get some of this Cornerstone 'cuz man I think I'm falling in love

Oh, let's go to church

Called you last night man, how come you didn't pick up the phone

I said I called you last night man, why didn't you pick up the phone

I needed you to come home yeah, come and warm my Cornerstone

Now my honey my baby, I went to the Crossroads again

Sorry my baby, I went to the Crossroads again

There were so many Cornerstones, you know I just had to give in

She said now don't you understand that you promised to be my man

She said don't you remember, you promised that you'd be my man

Take one last look at this Cornerstone never going to see it again

Now my heart is broken, and I sit on the levee and moan

Said my heart's all broken, I sit on the levee and moan

I'll never forget the day I lost my Cornerstone

Now all you people out there you know I'll tell you the truth

I say now all you people, you know I'll tell you the truth

If you got that Cornerstone, keep it close and tight next to you

Or else you'll play the blues like this

Now I'm gone with the pale rider, you know I'm leaving my home

Now I'm with the pale rider, baby I'm leaving my home

You know now honey, I'll never forget your Cornerstone

If you were my man, you know I wish that you would stay here

I said farewell my man, I wish that you would stay here

My Cornerstone misses you, don't you know that I still shed my tears

Oh, see that lonely sky riding

All you people, looking out there into that setting summer sky

You've got to be believe when I say that

The Cornerstone made me die