The Thing I Done

I roll like thunder,
 Go, like dynamite,
 All flesh and bone, I come,
 Old death 'long by my side,
 In from the storm,
 This scornful breath about my tongue,
 O' the thing I done
 I took my chances,
 Took what chance I got,
 Lord know, my hands is tied,
 This all-bindin', ancient, blood,
 There flood my mind, images.
 Blindin' as the sun,
 O' the thing I done
 Can't tell my future,
 I can't tell my past,
 It's only eludin' fate,
 That make my journey's task,
 That weigh down upon me,
 Out on the run,
 O' the thing I done
 The band are playin',
 Bathed in electrical light
 But I'm all at sea, away,
 Under the shade o' that dark fright,
 Know an' I, never had a chance, I come,
 Bound to all, I done.
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 You hear me singin',
 Know my time ain't long,
 Desirous, this song I bring,
 On these un-restin' bones
 Long ways from home, I stumbled,
 Long, since time begun.
 O' the thing I done
 O' the thing I done
 O' the thing I done
 O' the thing I done