Clapped Out Lyrics - Singles - Mark King

As the sun shines on me 

I am here to wait 

For the days of worry 

Don't worry me 

Lesson one was hardest 

Hardest one to take 

But that's just the way I am 

All the nights I laid there 

On my back and prayed 

That I would be a better man today 

I was hurting for the things I'd said and done 

Hurting for the someone 

It's all down the river (way down the river) 

Past is past and done is done 

Listen to the teacher (listen to your preacher) 

And do your best my son 

Keener for the lessons I have learned 

Wiser by a thousand years 

Does the heart grow stronger 

When it's love is spurned 

And is that why I'm still here 

And the nights when I laid there 

On my back and prayed 

Never stopped the looping anyway 

Happiness is hardest as you reach the end of the road 

It's all down the river (way down the river) 

Past is past and done is done 

Listen to the teacher (listen to your preacher) 

Then you'll know best my son 

It's all down the river (way down the river) 

Past is past and done is done 

Listen to the teacher (listen to your preacher) 

And do your best my son