Down & Cried

When John was young, he put the old horse down and cried
 down and cried
 the gun went off
 his silver girl just bowed her head and died
 down and died
 John I'm alone in my bed
 looking down the road in my head
 and nothing's gonna fix the kind of trouble ahead
 trouble ahead, oh ahead
 John I'm alone in my skin
 looking down the road where i've been
 and nothing's gonna fix the kind of trouble I'm in
 the trouble I'm in
 oh I'm in, oh I'm in
 John stood up
 william laid before him flushed and still
 fevered and ill
 their lungs filled up
 breathing in the air, ye save and kill
 john thought he'd shake fate with his will
 William, you've stood in my stead
 no doubts, no fears to be fled
 if all these years of living's just a skin that you'll shed
 a skin that you'll shed, well
 well, let mine be shed
 I may be down, I may be down lord
 lord, but I'm not dead
 I may be down lord but I'm not dead
 trouble, trouble up ahead
 I may be down, lord, but I'm not dead
 And the rain poured down
 like a poison bled
 and mercy crumbled
 and the last breath fled
 and the truth still trembles
 in the morning bells
 to tell the unknown story
 of william evans and doctor john wells