He got scars

He got scars on his skin

He don't let nobody, let nobody in

And he got tears

He got tears in his hands

He say's all I try to do is be a man

And I hear

And I hear that he lives

In a heart where no one gets and no one gives

But I'm telling you mama when he flies

That boy lights up all the sorrow in my sky

 

Tread carefully darling

Towards the sun

He's a restless thing

That one

Tread carefully darling

But don't ever run

He's as innocent as a gun

And as delicate as they come

 

He's a ghost

He's a ghost in my bed

Chasing ghosts

Chasing ghosts in his head

Through the valley, the valley of the dead

To the place where the beginning meets the edge

 

Tread carefully darling

Towards the sun

He's a restless thing

That one

Tread carefully darling

But don't ever run

He's as innocent as a gun

And as delicate as they come