Hopeless Again

Dear old friend I'm feeling hopeless again I'm giving in to my vices bottle in hand Dear old friend I think I'm slipping again At the end of my rope with this pain in my head I could use your sage old advice Some words to calm me down I ain't been sleeping most nights With my girl sleeping all over town {I've got a} short list of my enemies Since days I spent in the trench But he ain't no man, he's a cheat A coward staring down death Dear old friend In this letter I'll never send I confess I kill them both where they stand Dear old friend You only get what you give At the end of my rope with this pain in my head I could use your sage old advice Some words to calm me down I ain't been sleeping most nights With my girl sleeping all over town {I've got a} short list of my enemies Since days I spent in the trench But he ain't no man, he's a cheat A coward staring down death My old friend, my old friend My old friend, my old friend I'm feeling hopeless again On the front lines I watched as good men died I left a piece of me in foreign country side And in my own home, I'm a stranger now I was a father once. Lies built on losing ground On the front lines boys buried where they lie I left a piece of me in foreign country side And in my own home, I'm a stranger now I was a husband once. Lies built on losing ground My old friend, my old friend My old friend, my old friend My old friend, my old friend I'm feeling hopeless again My old friend, my old friend My old friend, my old friend My old friend, my old friend I'm feeling hopeless again