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[ti:man in black] |
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[ar:Johnny Cash] |
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Well,you wonder why I always dress in black, |
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Why you never see bright colors on my back, |
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And why does my appearance |
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seem to have a somber tone. |
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Well,there's a reason for |
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the things that I have on. |
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I wear the black for the poor |
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and the beaten down, |
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Livin'in the hopeless,hungry side of town, |
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I wear it for the prisoner |
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who has long paid for his crime, |
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But is there |
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because he's a victim of the times. |
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I wear the black for those who never read, |
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Or listened to the words that Jesus said, |
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About the road to happiness |
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through love and charity, |
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Why,you'd think |
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He's talking straight to you and me. |
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Well,we're doin'mighty fine, |
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I do suppose, |
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In our streak of lightnin'cars |
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and fancy clothes, |
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But just so we're reminded of |
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the ones who are held back, |
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Up front there ought 'a be a |
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Man In Black. |
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I wear it for the sick and lonely old, |
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For the reckless ones whose |
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bad trip left them cold, |
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I wear the black in mournin' |
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for the lives that could have been, |
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Each week we lose |
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a hundred fine young men. |
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And,I wear it for the thousands |
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who have died, |
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Believen'that the Lord was on their side, |
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I wear it for another |
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hundred thousand who have died, |
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Believen'that we all were on their side. |
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Well,there's things that never will be right I know, |
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And things need changin'everywhere you go, |
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But 'til we start to make a move |
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to make a few things right, |
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You'll never see me wear a suit of white. |
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Ah,I'd love to wear a rainbow every day, |
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And tell the world that everything's OK, |
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But I'll try to carry off |
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a little darkness on my back, |
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'Till things are brighter, |
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I'm the Man In Black. |