Dead Man Walking

I stood at the central station

Waiting for my man

I went across this goddamn nation

Just to hold his hand

I waited there for hours

But he didn't show up

So I called him on the phone

But he wouldn't pick up

And I don't know what this fuss is about

I see a dead man walking tonight

So I jumped into a cab

And I threw my luggage in

I was thinking about madness

I was thinking about sin

We stopped outside his house

And I climbed up onto the roof

I looked down through the window

And I realized that he had moved

And he don't know what he's dealing with here

But I see a dead man walking somewhere

And I landed on the front porch

I knocked at the door

A lady called Marie said

"He don't live here anymore"

"Oh, do you know by any chance," I said, "where to find him?

'Cause my heart seems to beat right through my skin

And I don't know why he's hiding from me

Or is he a dead man walking, Marie?"

So I stole a bike in the garden

I headed for the street

And I left my suitcase o'er land

So I thought I'd call it quits

I went down to the airport

And I boarded the next flight

I figured I could be in Spain by night

I don't know what he's doing here really

Or is he a dead man walking from me?

I fell asleep over New York

And I woke up in Madrid

The only man I long for

Is so quiet and well hid

I paid a taxi driver way too much to go downtown

When I got to his apartment, he was gone

He don't know that he's driving me insane

I see a dead man walking from Spain

At a diner in a harbour

My hunger got appeased

But I'm still a starver

When it comes to being pleased

And as the ship came in, I sneaked aboard on the left side

I didn't have no money or no pride

And I don't know why he keeps degrading me

I see a dead man walking by sea

The sense of being seasick

Made me dizzier than before

I grabbed a yellow Moppe

As we got into the shore

A man back in Madrid say you spent time in Marrakech

And I think I just laid eyes on your mistress

And I don't know how the two of you did it

But I see a dead woman walking right there

I went up to the beach house

It had a lovely view

And as I further in the sand

I saw not just one kid but two

And they just stared at me and said, "Dad, who's that lady?

I've never seen her in my life, trust me"

And I want the stranger out of my house

What's the dead man talking about?

So I sat down in the kitchen

I told him 'bout the pain

I spoke of how I missed him

And he said, "You're insane

I'm calling the police because you need to go home

They're gonna take you back to where you came from"

But there was something that he shouldn't have said

Now the dead man walking is dead