Drive-By Truckers - That Man I Shot lyrics

That man I shot he was trying to kill me
He was trying to kill me
He was trying to kill me that man I shot
I didn't know him i was doing my job
Maybe so was he

That man I shot i was in his homeland
I was there to help him
But he didn't want me there
I did not hate him i still don't hate him
He was trying to kill me
And I had to take him down that man I shot
I still can see him
When I should be sleeping
Tossing and turning he's looking at me
Eyes looking through me
Broke out in cold sweats
When I see him standing there

That man I shot shot not in anger
There's no denying it was in self-defense


But when I close my eyes i still can see him
I feel his last breath
In the calm dead of night

That man I shot he was trying to kill me
He was trying to kill me
He was trying to kill me sometimes I wonder
If I should be there i hold my little ones
Until he disappears

I hold my little ones until he disappears
I hold my little ones until we disappear
And I'm not crazy or at least I never was
But there's this big thing
I can't get rid of

That man I shot did he have little ones
That he was so proud of
That he won't see grow up?
Was walking down his street?
Maybe I was in his yard
Was trying to do good
I just don't understand
I just don't understand
I just don't understand