Elles Bailey - Ballad of a Broken Dream Lyrics

There's a jukebox in the corner
And the bud light neon glows
And he's on the stage guitar in hand
With a name nobody knows
There's an old man rolling a cigarette
A woman nursing her wine
He sings his lonesome memories
And he remembers his whole life

His one and only child
Raven haired and deathly pale
Terrified she'd lose it all
To the needle and a nail
And every-time he tries to save her
She slips further and further away
The only place he's worth a dime
Are in these songs that he plays
So let him play

Burned so many bridges
Only one or two remain
And the ones who choked on all his smoke
Feel the burden of the flame
Yeah they laugh about the good old days
Band of brothers reminisce
How can a man like Moses
End up just like Judas kiss

And that big black dog runs down a man
Who strains to lift his head
The good days fly high as a kite
And the bad ones wish him dead
And there's a sound of fear and shame
As he's tuning that old 6 string
That he hides behind and lives inside
With these songs that he sings
So let him sing

A big fish in a small town
They called him the next big thing
But the battles scars they dealt him cards
That got between the in-between
There were times that he almost believed
He was worthy of the fame
But here he sits playing for tips
And no one knows his name

And potential weighs so heavy
With the weight of could have been
Now he's just a never was
Playing rooms that no ones in
But you're safest in the shadows
When your mind your enemy
It's the torment of his talent
That will never set him free
So let him be

The Ballad of a broken dream
The Ballad of a broken dream
The Ballad of a broken dream
The Ballad of a broken dream"