Song Of a Deadman

He came to the light of the sun in ‘55

A time when a man would look you in the eye

And now he lay by the lady who he gave his name

Through the winds of the winter and the summer rain

But alive in the only way it really means to be

Now come on black rider won’t you ride along with me?

He came to the people in the year I came to be

And sang hallelujah 'till he sank into the sea

And now he lay in a corner where nobody knows

Where the graces will follow anywhere he goes

And alive in the only way it really means to be

Now, come on, holy writer won’t you sing along with me?

See there’s a hurry that don’t wait up

For the fool who’s taking time

And there’s a fury that don’t let up

For the ruler in the sky

And there’s something i don’t quite understand

Oh, there’s something about the song of a dead man

It’s strange how the living don’t seem to live at all

A ghost has a way of making all of this seem small

And now i lay in the shadow of the ones who shown

Like a flame in the night of long ago

But alive with a heart beat beating away, indeed

And now come on, versifier don’t you put that fire on me

Come on versifier don’t you put that fire on me

See there’s a hurry that don’t wait up

For the fool who’s taking time

And there’s a fury that don’t let up

For the ruler in the sky

And there’s something i don’t quite understand

Oh, there’s something about the song of a dead man

Where did you go?

Above or below?

Maybe between

Whatever that means

There’s a hurry that don’t wait up

For the fool who’s taking time

There’s a fury that don’t let up

For the ruler in the sky

And there’s something i don’t quite understand

Oh, there’s something about the song of a dead man

Oh, there's something about the song of a dead man