David Ruffin - I'm Just a Mortal Man Lyrics

I was just thinking to myself this morning (Mhmm)You know what I thoughtJust how helpless I really am (Thinking about it)Oh lord, my hair is turning greyI get a new wrinkle every dayGuess I'm just a mortal manLet me tell you all about itI cannot make myself live forever(Can't live forever)Oh, God knows I triedI can't even make one little flower growIt takes water to do that, lookCull back the years, God knows I triedBut the hands on the clock keep ticking on byOne day young, oh Lord, and the next day you're oldNow listen to thisOh I thought I was such a super lover (Super lover)Did the best I couldAnd from my side darling I thought you would never, never go away (Never, never go away)That's my sole distraitAnd this ego of mine have been betrayedAs I stared at empty walls, I found I'm no super lover at all (No super lover at all)Well, you see love built your bad, bad endLeft another scar on this mortal manBut let me get on with my storyNow I don't know if I'll ever get to go to heavenOh, but listen to meBut you never know, even I, even I may get to go (Never, never, never know)Oh lordSeal the wings that I could growI'll leave this human skin all far down belowAnd say goodbye, goodbye world to being a mortal man (Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye)But listen to meBut in the mean time I'm still down here doing the best I canChained, chained, chained, chained to being just a mortal manCan you hear me singin'?Oh lord, guess I'm just a mortal man