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 pockets of chance Hopin'
to find one circumstance Of
dignity I
went to the wedding of Mary-lou She
said ÒI don't want nobody see me talkin' to youÓ Said
she could get killed if she told me what she knew About
dignity I
went down where the vultures feed I
would've got 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 tattoo 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
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 pockets of chance Hopin' to find one circumstance Of dignity I went to the wedding of Mary-lou She said ÒI don't want nobody see me talkin' to youÓ Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew About dignity I went down where the vultures feed I would've got 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 tattoo 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 Explain Request ×
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