Lyrics The Man - Pearls Before Swine

The Man

I am just a crewman, you can listen to my story if you want to
I started out on the Captain’s trip so many years ago
He was looking for something more than what he had
He said: 'I want to see his face, I want to touch his hand'
'I want to see his face and then I’ll know that he’s the man'
'And then I’ll know that he’s the man'
We missed him once at Betelgeuse, then again at Proxima Centauri
He had 2,000 years head start but the Captain would not yield
Then he would stop that far morning star just a century gone
He said: 'I want to see his face, I want to touch his hand'
'I want to see his face and then I’ll know that he’s the man'
'And then I’ll know that he’s the man'
The years they passed us by but we got near him closer by the hour
On a hazy planet on the edge of space, we landed one more time
They said he’d gone away just half a day before we came
He said: 'I want to see his face, I want to touch his hand'
'I want to see his face and then I’ll know that he’s the man'
'And then I’ll know that he’s the man'
We left Earth when I was a boy, now I was a man approaching thirty
The Captain went up searching still but me I stayed behind
Then they brought me near, they said: 'He's here, he waits inside'
He said: 'I want to see his face, I want to touch his hand'
'I want to see his face and then I’ll know that he’s the man'
'And then I’ll know that he’s the man'
'I want to see his face, I want to touch his hand'
'I want to see his face and then I’ll know that he’s the man'
'And then I’ll know that he’s the man'
'And then I’ll know that he’s the man'