Miracle Man

Miracle Man

The Miracle Man came to Lousian'

Selling potions from a jar

Claimed he could cure anything

From a fever to a scarAnd all the town folk

Gathered round to see

As he cast his spell of wonder

Over everyone but meSee, the Miracle Man was a Dapper Dan

Full of eloquence and grace

And I could tell his charm was working

By that look on mama's faceShe was buying more

Than meets the eye

Because she left me and my daddy

Without even a goodbyeAnd Daddy Cried

For forty days and forty nights

And so did I

From the emptiness insideNo I wasn't old enough

To understand

Whatever happened to my mama

And that Miracle ManWell the years went by

And One day I went riding into town

I came upon commotion

There were people gathered 'roundAnd out in front of Emma Barker's place

Stood the man

Who stole my mama

And my daddy face to faceDaddy stepped up to him

And drew his .45

And with both hands on that trigger

Stuck right between his eyesAnd just when I thought

He'd sent him to the grave

Suddenly with out a word

He just turned and walked awayAnd how I tried

As we were riding home that night

To figure why

My Dad would put away his prideWhen he knew he had

The power in his hands

To put a round of Justice

In that Miracle ManLater on that night

He came and sat upon my bed

He said there are some reasons why

That demon isn't deadThe good book says

You'll reap the seeds you sow

And if you turn the other cheek

You'll find the way the righteous goIf I would have shot him

They'd have put me in a cage

And I would be around here now

To watch you come of ageAnd an orphaned life

Can turn a boy to stone

Son I love you far too much

To watch face this world aloneIn my mind

At that moment in my life

I came to find

Everything he said was rightFor the first time

I could truly understand

Why My daddy spared the life

Of that Miracle ManYes, and now I'm old enough

To understand

It was my daddy all along

Who was the Miracle Man