He came to the light of the sun in '55
A time where a man would look you in the eyes
And now he lay by the lady who he gave his name
Through the winter and the summer rain but
Alive in the only way he really means to be
Now come on black rider won't you ride along with me
He came to the people 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 he really means to be
Now come on holy rider won't you sing along with me
See there's a hurry, that don't wait up
For the fool who 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
And it's strange how the living don't seem to live at all
But a ghost has a way of making all of this seem small
And now I lay in the shadow of the ones you've shown
Like a flame in the night of long ago
But alive with a heart beat beating away indeed
And now come on verse of fire don't you put that fire on me
Said come on verse of fire don't you put that fire on me
See there's a hurry, that don't wait up
For the fool who 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
Oh there's something about the song of a dead man
Oooh where did you go
Oooh above or below
Oooh maybe between
Oooh whatever that means
See there's a hurry, that don't wait up
For the fool who 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
Oh there's something's not about the song of a dead man
Oh there's something about the song of a dead man