I Would Be Confessed - David McWilliams

Come all you weary mistrels

a warning take by me

I’ve been too long upon this road

to sing in harmony

I’ve been alone for much too long

my wanderin' days are through

I wish someone would ask me in

I’d welcome it from you

I have not been contented

too long I’ve been unblessed

but if you would only love me

I would be confessed

I’ve sat beside the devil

I’ve gambled on a fall

I’ve sung for drinks in houses

where I got no thanks at all

and everything I’ve done was left

to do some other day

when the talkin’s done

the drinks are gone

there’s nothin' left to say

I have not been contented

too long I’ve been unblessed

but if you would only love me

I would be confessed

I’ve watched the days go slowly

I’ve seen the seasons fall

and hidden in the doorways

to shelter from the cold

I have made my life in riddles

and lived inside the lies

now I’d like to step in side awhile

throw off my disguise

I have not been contented

too long I’ve been unblessed

but if you would only love me

I would be confessed