I am a man of conviction, I shattered these walls   Spent my life in a bottle, cut myself had to crawl   Stared down a barrel of a 45, dared the man on the other side   To have the guts to pull the trigger   I am a man of conviction      CHORUS   Convicted of loving one girl too much   Sentenced to live without her touch   Convicted of somehow forgetting God   Sentenced to life of hell on earth   And they ain’t coming back, I’ve never known either to lie   It wasn’t my intention, I am a man of conviction   A promise made a promise broken, I’ve left nothing uncertain   I took the lower road, my back bent to carry my load   I broke hearts along the way, made a fool of myself most days   It wasn’t my intention, but I am a man of conviction      CHORUS x2      No don’t you cry for me, I’ve made this bed where I lie   It wasn’t my intention, I am a man of conviction   It’s too late for intervention, I am a man of conviction