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Can't Keep A Good Man Down

from TURNING OVER TABLES by Mychael John Thomas

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My testimony...of sorts. I had an alcoholic father who was very angry when he drank. But in time I forgave him, healed from the damage, and learned to love him for the good things : )

If we get up one more time than we fall...We walk...Eventually we run!

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YOU CAN’T KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN

I grew up in a drunken fight
My daddy drank till I got beat
It seems the only thing that saved my life
Was growing up tough on the city street
I found Jesus in my car on the road
Thirty years of pain wiped away in a tear
I had scars but He lifted the load
And showed me I don’t have to live in fear

CHORUS
You can’t keep a good man down
He might get hurt but it don’t last
Sooner or later he’ll be coming around
The secrets of the universe in his hand
When you’re under the gun reach out to the one
Who’s waiting to be found…
‘Cause you can’t keep a good
Can’t keep a good man down

When I used to be out in the world
I saw the worst in everyone I met
I played in a band so I always had a girl
Thought it made me better than anyone else
But love was always there in my heart
Speaking of the truth the way and the life
‘Cause God knew I was falling apart
He came and helped me finally realize

CHORUS

BRIDGE
(Love is) The only thing that makes us good
(Love is) Seldom really understood
(Love is) The meaning of compassion and grace
(Love is) Looking in the Master’s face

Time has passed since I’ve been saved
I see the world in a different light
I can’t say I’m always well behaved
But I always come back to doing right
Now His love lives here in my heart
Teaching I can control my mind
Every day is a brand new start
When God is everywhere for us to find

CHORUS

© 2014 Mychael John Thomas, BMI

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from TURNING OVER TABLES, released September 21, 2014

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Mychael is originally from Nashville, TN. He has been in the music industry for 40 plus years as recording artst, songwriter, musician and producer. He composed, performed, engineered and produced all of his solo bandcamp releases.

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