Simple Man Songtext
von Shinedown

I hope that in your life and in your world
Hope the good will always outweigh the bad
In everything you do and everything that′s given to you
Unfortunately, that doesn't always occur
See, there′s this thing, and it's called tragedy
It has absolutely no mercy for anyone or anything
During the course of touring
We've played a lot of different cities, a lot of different stages
We had the most incredible experiences
And we′ve played some in-, with in-, with some incredible musicians


But there was this one guy that we met
And from the very first day that we met him
All he ever did was treat us like we were one of his own
Like we were in his family
Not only did we get to share the stage with him, we were inspired by him
And we called him our friend, and we miss him very much
He was an amazing man
He was very loving and extremely generous person
And he was an incredible talent, so this song′s called "Simple Man"
It's dedicated to our friend, Dimebag Darrell

Well, mama told me when I was young
Said, "Sit beside me, my only son
And listen closely to what I say
And if you do this, it′ll help you some sunny day"
Well, oh, yeah, it will, yeah, it will

Oh, take your time, don't live too fast
Troubles will come and they will pass
You′ll find a woman and you'll find love
And don′t forget that there is someone up above

And be a simple kind of man
And be something you love and understand
Baby, be a simple kind of man
Oh, won't you do this for me, son, if you can?

Forget your lust for the rich man's gold
All that you need now, it′s in your soul
And you can do this, oh baby, if you try
All that I want from you, my son, is to be satisfied


And be a simple kind of man
And be something you love and understand
Baby, be a simple kind of man
Oh, won′t you do this for me, son, if you, if you, if you can? C'mon

You know the words?
You know it?
Let it out
Let ′em hear ya, whole place

Oh, don't you worry, ′cause you'll find yourself
Follow your heart and nothin′ else
And you can do this, oh baby, if you try
All that I want from you, my friends, is to be satisfied

And be a (simple kind of man)
And be something you love and understand
Baby, be a (simple kind of man)
And won't you do this for me, son, if you can?

Baby, be a simple, be a simple man
That's right, that′s right, that′s right, be a man
That's right, that′s right, that's right, be a man

And oh, won′t you, yeah, yeah-yeah
And oh, won't you, hmm, do this for me, son

If you, if you can?

That′s some mighty fine singin'
Give it up for yourselves, yeah?
That's some mighty fine singin′, South Carolina
Yeah
Thank you, Darrell, thank you, Ronnie, thank you, Gary