DIGNITY
Fat
man lookin' in a blade of steel, thin man lookin' at his last meal
Hollow
man lookin' in a cottonfield for dignity
Wise
man lookin' in a blade of grass, young man lookin' in the shadows that
pass
Poor
man lookin' through painted glass for dignity
Somebody
got murdered on New Year's Eve
Somebody
said dignity was the first to leave
I went
into the city, went into the town
Went
into the land of the midnight sun
Searchin'
high, searchin' low, searchin' everywhere I know
Askin'
the cops wherever I go, "Have you seen Dignity?"
Blind
man breakin' out of a trance, puts both his hands in the pocket of chance
Hopin'
to find one circumstance of dignity
I went
to the wedding of Mary-lou, she said I don't want nobody see me talkin
to you
Said
she could get killed if she told me what she knew about dignity
I went
down where the vultures feed
I would've
gone deeper, but there wasn't any need
Heard
the tongues of angels and the tongues of men, wasn't any difference to
me
Chilly
wind sharp as a razor blade, house on fire, debts unpaid
Gonna
stand at the window, gonna ask the maid, "Have you seen dignity?"
Drinkin'
man listens to the voice he hears
In a
crowded room full of covered up mirrors
Lookin'
into the lost forgotten years for dignity
Met
Prince Phillip at the home of the blues
Said
he'd give me information if his name wasn't used
He wanted
money up front, said he was abused by dignity
Footprints
runnin' cross the silver sand, steps goin' down into tatoo land
I met
the sons of darkness and the sons of light, in the bordertowns of despair
Got
no place to fade, got no coat, I'm on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat
Tryin'
to read a note somebody wrote about dignity
Sick
man lookin' for the doctor's cure, lookin' at his hands for the lines that
were
And
into every masterpiece of literature for dignity
Englishman
stranded in the blackheart wind
Combin
his hair back his future looks thin
Bites
the bullet and he looks within for dignity
Someone
showed me a picture and I just laughed, dignity never been photographed
I went
into the red, went into the black, into the valley of dry bone dreams
So many
roads, so much at stake, so many dead ends, I'm at the edge of the lake
Sometimes
I wonder what it's gonna take to find dignity