What Else Could I Do?

10 weeks ago by @dr_griff

What Else Could I Do?

dr_griff

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Liner Notes

#stephenking #darktower #filk #spoilers

Ben Slightman's father confesses his sins to Roland Deschain. IYKYK. If you don't know, there are MASSIVE spoilers here.

Lyrics

(no capo)

Verse 1
Am Em
They had me over a barrel
Am Em
They had me down on the floor
F Am
The Wolves will come whether I will it
F E
They will knock down every door
Am Em
They gave me a sharp pair of glasses
Am Em
The better to see to my deeds
F Am
They knew that I could not defy them
F G Am
They found my undeniable needs

Chorus 1
F G Am
Tell me, gunslinger, so mighty and high
F E
With your morals as rigid as steel
F G Am
Tell me, oh, tell me, what else could I do
F Em Am
To save my boy from their zeal?

Verse 2
It started when Ben was a baby
Andy would come to my side
And tell me my fortune, and maybe
I was hoping for hope but it died
Ben’s sissa was killed by a fever
I wept out my heart for a day
Then Andy came to me and told me
If I want Ben to live, I’d obey

Chorus 2
Tell me, gunslinger, so mighty and high
With your morals as weighty as clay
Tell me, oh, tell me, what else could I do
To save my boy from their sway?

Verse 3
They’ve held him above me forever
If I want him to live, I must do
Whatever they tell me, whenever
They need to know things about you
Or the town or the men or the babbies
Where they’ll hide them, and where they’ll be found
And if I don’t do what they tell me
They’ll leave my son dead on the ground

Chorus 3
Tell me, gunslinger, so mighty and high
With your morals as haughty as pride
Tell me, oh, tell me, what else could I do
To save my boy from that ride?

Verse 4
I know that you think I’m a coward
And maybe I am, it is true
But I did what I did to protect my son
Is that something that you wouldn’t do?
You have a boy and you love him
I’d give up my life for my son
And if you command it, I’ll do it
If there’s death, then let me be the one

Chorus 4
Tell me, gunslinger, so mighty and high
With your morals unyielding as stone
Tell me, oh, tell me, what else could I do
To save him from what I was shown?

Chorus 5
Tell me, gunslinger, so mighty and high
With your hard and unyielding eyes,
Tell me, oh, tell me, what else could I do
To save him from early demise?
To save him before he dies?

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