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When my father put his shame on meSaid he wouldn't put his name on meSaid he wouldn't be the first in his familyWhose son cried when he was bornWell he died the day I got a gunSaid that he was proud that I was his sonThat was right there in his planI'd grow up and be a manAnd there was a tear, I saw it in his eyeHe said he couldn't think of a better way to dieAnd the lord came downand put a spoon in my mouthIt tasted so bitter, but I couldn't spit it outIt tasted like the money that my poor mama madeWell, I went and stole it'Cause she took it to the graveAnd there was a note, clenched in her right handsaid 'boy if you want to live, better die like a brave man'Well, I don't want to die in the middle of the nightI want a brave man's deathI don't want to die in the middle of the nightSongtexteI want a brave man's deathSpitting gasoline, burning my teeth, getting salt on the fields of my pastAnd the sun'll come down with a milky white flashI'll get my brave man's death at lastI had a womanShe had some kidsShe said she loved themI never didJust the way that they feedAnd take away what was youngMo' ass(?) and muscle can do what needed to be doneAnd the day that she died, her cup was fully drainedShe said take over my love, that life was worth the painWell, I don't want to die in the middle of the nightI want a brave man's deathI don't want to die in the middle of the nightI want a brave man's deathSpitting gasoline, burning my teeth, getting salt on the fields of my pastAnd the sun'll come down with a milky white flashI'll get my brave man's death at lastHad a heart that's wailingBut I'm back without a boneand a body'd go to work, but my head would come homeAnd I always had a knife in case a real man came alongHe'd turn his head and his life was goneSo I hold it in my heart, yes I hold it in my heart, no I hide it in my heart'Cause it's tearing me apartLast thing that he said to me was blood was on my handsGod, I want to die like a manI don't want to die (I don't want to die)I want a brave man's deathPraying' the lordA soul to keep, keep it in his right handAnd when they'd left, and send me deathThe death of a brave man Aus Songtexte Mania