(Gary Moore)

Well, I came into the city
with a swansuit on my back
I didn't have no place to live,
I didn't even have a country shack
I didn't have no money,
didn't even have a place to go
Just one thing on my mind,
I'm gonna tell you so you know

I've been hurt so bad now,
couldn't know the way I feel
Well, I tell you,
I've been hurt so bad,
gonna take a long, long time to heal

Well, I got myself a woman,
then I proved myself a man
Got myself a place to live,
gonna do the best I can
Got myself some money,
even got myself a place to go
One thing on my mind,
I'm gonna tell you so you know

Well, I've been hurt so bad now,
you couldn't know the way I feel
No, no
I've been hurt so bad,
gonna take a long, long time to heal

Well, I stand and fall, kickin' round
Lord, I've been thrown out of every place, yeah
I've been
One thing I gotta do,
got to sing my song to you
before my dyin' day
That's right

Hooh

Well, I've been stoopin', fallin', I've been kicked around
Lord, I've been thrown out of every place
Ah, just one thing I gotta do,
I gotta sing my song to you,
before my dyin' day
Yeah

Yeah, ah, hooh
Let me tell you,
I've been living in the city
Said I've been living in the city, yeah
I've been walkin', talkin', livin', dyin', laughin', cryin'
Yeah, let me tell,
one thing I gotta do,
oh, you couldn't know the way I feel

Oh, no
Cause I've been hurt so bad,
I gonna take a long time to heal
Let me hear you playin' now, ah

Hey, now

Well, I've been hurt so bad,
gonna take a long, long time to heal

I've been hurt so bad now,
gonna take a long, long, long time to heal

Yeah, I've been hurt so bad,
gonna take a long, long time to heal

Yeah, I've been hurt so bad now,
gonna take a long, long time to heal

Well, I've been, I've been, I've been hurt so bad,
I'm gonna take a very long, long time to heal
Hooh-ha

Yeah, I've been hurt so bad,
gonna take a long, long time to heal
I ain't foolin'