Lyrics Dead Man Walking - Linnea Olsson

Dead Man Walking

I stood up at central station
Waiting for my man
I went across this God-damned nation just to hold his hand
I waited there for hours but he didn’t show up
So I called him on the phone and he wouldn’t pick up
And I don’t know what this fuzz is about
I see dead man walking
Tonight
So I jumped into a cab
And I threw my lucky chain (?)
I was thinking about madness
I was thinking about sin
We stopped outside his house
And I climbed up on to the roof
I looked down through the window and realized that he had moved
And he don’t know what he’s dealing with here
I see dead man walking
Somewhere
And I landed on the front porch
I knocked on the door
A lady called Marie said
«He don’t live here anymore»
Oh do you know by any chance I said where to find him
'Cause my heart seems to beat right through my skin
And I don’t know why he’s hiding from me
I see dead man walking
Marie
So I stole a bike in the Garden
I headed for the street
And I left my suitcase for them
So I thought I’d call it quits
I went down to the airport and I boarded the next flight
I figured I could be in Spain by night
I don’t know why he’s doing it really
I see dead man walking
From me
I fell asleep over New York
And I woke up in Madrid
The only man I long for
Is so quiet and well-hid
I paid the taxi driver way too much to go down town
When I got to his apartment he was gone
He don’t know that he’s driving me insane
I see dead man walking
From Spain
And down near the harbour
My hunger got appeased
But I’m still a starver
When it comes to being pleased
And as the ship came in I sneaked aboard on the left side
I didn’t have no money or no pride
And I don’t know why he keeps evading me
I see dead man walking
By sea
A sense of being seasick
Made me dizzier than before
I grabbed a yellow mop and
As we got into the shore
A man back in Madrid said you’d spent time in Marrakech
And I think I just laid eyes on your mistress
And I don’t know how the two of you dared
I see dead woman walking
Right there
I went up to the beach house
It had a lovely view
And as a further insult
I saw not just one kid but two
And they just stared me and said
«dad who’s that lady?»
I’ve never seen her in my life trust me
And I want this stranger out of my house
What’s the dead man talking
About?
So I sat down in the kitchen
I told him 'bout the pain
I spoke of how I missed him
And he said «your insane!»
I’m calling the police because you need to go home
They’re gonna take you back to where you came from
But that was something that he shouldn’t have said
Now the dead man walking
Is dead