If I ever have a friend who knows my hell
He'll tie a savior rope to the backyard well
So if I change my mind when I get down
I'll pull my body up before I drown
And if I ever have a lover who finds my pain
I will leave his a** in the fire and the rain
Because a man who knows, still he stays
That ain't no man who you'd want around
If I ever have a child, and in her eyes
I see the same kind of hurt that I had in mine
I know the devil don't go once he came twice
He'll tie a savior rope to the backyard well
So if I change my mind when I get down
I'll pull my body up before I drown
And if I ever have a lover who finds my pain
I will leave his a** in the fire and the rain
Because a man who knows, still he stays
That ain't no man who you'd want around
If I ever have a child, and in her eyes
I see the same kind of hurt that I had in mine
I know the devil don't go once he came twice