I'm Barely Hanging On To Me Song Lyrics and Chords
I'm Barely Hanging On To Me Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Paycheck
I'm Barely Hanging On To Me
Recorded by Johnny Paycheck
Written by Joe Poovey
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It's just my luck that I'll have to exist
In a
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world where I just survive
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I'm still breathing so I guess
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means I'm still alive
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But no one could tell it by the
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image that they see
Since I let go of
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you I'm barel
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y hanging on t
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quit looking into mirrors I such a
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sorry
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did I get so distorted so
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young in life
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The worst of you has finally got the
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best of me
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you I'm barel
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y hanging on t
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The mind that used to guide me right has
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now turned weak and numb
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I'll bet my heart is wondering where all thi
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s hurt is coming from
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The presents of your absence is
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getting through to me
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FAQ
Who sang the the song I'm Barely Hanging On To Me?
- The song I'm Barely Hanging On To Me was sang by Johnny Paycheck.
Who is Johnny Paycheck?
- Johnny Paycheck (born Donald Eugene Lytle May 31, 1938 - February 19, 2003) was an American country music singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and Grand Ole Opry member notable for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It". He achieved his greatest success in the 1970s as a force in country music's "outlaw movement" popularized by artists Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, and Merle Haggard. In the 1980s, his music career slowed due to drug, alcohol and legal problems. He served a prison sentence in the early 1990s and his declining health effectively ended his career in early 2000. In 1980, Paycheck appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits (season 5).
