Somebodys Husband Somebodys Son
Tom Russell
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D Out on the freight lines there'sG D an old hobo camp Where a drunk man lay sleeping, aA ragged old trampD And the lines in his face mark aG D life on the runD A Is he somebody's husband,D somebody's son? [Verse 2]D Every week the newspaper tells aG D story of rage Where the victims lay scatterd allA across the front pageD And there's allways some loner onG D a spree with a gunContinues after the adD A Is he somebody's husband,D somebody's son [Chorus]G From the death rows of prison toD the soup kitchen door Each soul is an equal in the eyes ofA the lordD G Though hatred sonsumes them, onceD they were lovedD They where somebody's husband,A D somebody's son [Verse 3]D So out on your journy down theG D highway of life Cherish your mother, crave the loveA of your wifeD And forget not the outcast and theG D homeless were onceD A D somebody's husband, somebody's son [Chorus]G From the death rows of prison toD the soup kitchen door Each soul is an equal in the eyes ofA the lordD G Though hatred sonsumes them, onceD they were lovedD They where somebody's husband,A D somebody's son