Song of a Dead Man

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