
Date of issue: 13.01.2013
Record label: Rhino Entertainment Company
Song language: English
I'm Not the Man |
It crawls on his back, won’t ever let him be |
Stares at the walls until the cinder blocks can breathe |
His eyes have gone away, escaping over time |
He rules a crowded nation inside his mind |
He knows that night like his hand |
He knows every move he made |
Late shift, the bell that rang, a time card won’t fade |
10:05 his truck pulled home |
10:05 he climbed his stair |
About the time he was accused of being there |
But I’m not the man |
He goes free |
As I wait on the row for the man to test the rope |
He’ll slip around my throat |
And silence me |
On the day he was tried no witness testified |
Nothing but evidence, not hard to falsify |
His own confession was a prosecutor’s prize |
Made up of fear, of rage and of outright lies |
But I’m not the man |
He goes free |
As the candle vigil glows |
As they burn my clothes |
As the crowd cries, «hang him slow!» |
And I feel my blood go cold |
He goes free |
Call out the KKK, they’re wild after me |
And with that frenzied look of half-demented zeal |
They’d love to serve me up my final meal |
Who’ll read my final rite |
And hear my last appeal |
Who struck this devil’s deal? |
Name | Year |
---|---|
Because the Night | 1993 |
Candy Everybody Wants | 2004 |
More Than This | 1996 |
Rainy Day | 1996 |
These Are Days | 2004 |
Like the Weather | 2004 |
Trouble Me | 2004 |
Gun Shy | 2013 |
Hey Jack Kerouac | 2004 |
What's the Matter Here? | 2004 |
Don't Talk | 2004 |
My Sister Rose | 2013 |
Verdi Cries | 2004 |
Cherry Tree | 2013 |
A Campfire Song | 2013 |
Noah's Dove | 2013 |
Eat for Two | 2004 |
The Painted Desert | 2013 |
My Mother the War | 1990 |
City of Angels | 2013 |