<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=73049" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Dont Beat Me Down</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When he was a man, my father would stand<br>I never saw him run<br>There wasnt anyone could make the man bend<br>And the strength of his will was the tool of his trade<br>And he did his work well<br>Till the powers that be took a liking to him<br>And they traded his body for a cold empty shell<br>Dont beat me down<br>Dont beat me down<br>Ive got something to say<br>Dont you stand in my way<br>And dont beat me down<br>When I was a youth, I found the truth<br>In the eyes of a friend<br>There wasnt anyone could make the light dim<br>And we talked and we rambled and we gambled to win<br>And the learning was good<br>Till the powers that be to a liking to him<br>And they traded their fortunes for the sight of his blood<br>When I was a child my mother smiled<br>At the cradle she bought<br>For the little tot she held to her breast<br>And the song that she sang was an anthem to love<br>It was all that I heard<br>Till the powers that be took a liking to me<br>And they told me that love was a four-letter word<br>Dont beat me down<br>Dont beat me down<br>Ive got one life to live<br>And thats all I can give<br>So dont beat me down<br>Now Ive got a place, got a worried face<br>And the question in mind<br>Please let me find a reason somehow<br>Why some reap the harvest while other men die<br>And the joker runs wild<br>And if powers that be take a liking to us<br>Then we all must return to the ways of a child<br>We all must return to the ways of a child<br>So dont beat me down<br>Dont beat me down<br>Ive got something to say<br>Dont you stand in my way<br>And dont beat me down<br>Ive got one life to life<br>And thats all I can give<br>So dont beat me down<br>Dont beat me down<br>Dont beat me down</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />song performed by by Gordon Lightfoot - <i><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/" target=_blank></a></i><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=73049" data-title="Dont Beat Me Down" data-description="When he was a man, my father would stand I never saw him run There wasnt anyone could make the man bend And the strength of his will was the tool of his trade And he did his work well Till the powers that be took a liking to him And they traded hi..."></div> </div> </div>

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