Elliott Murphy – Dignity lyrics

Fat
man lookin' in a blade of steel Thin
man lookin' at his last meal Hollow
man lookin' in a cottonfield For
dignity Wise

man lookin' in a blade of grass Young
man lookin' in the shadows that pass Poor
man lookin' through painted glass For
dignity Somebody

got murdered on New Year's Eve Somebody
said dignity was the first to leave I
went into the city went, into the town Went
into the land of the midnight sun Searchin'

high searchin', low Searchin'
everywhere I know Askin'
the cops wherever I go Have
you seen dignity Blind?

man breakin' out of a trance Puts
both his hands in the pockets of chance Hopin'
to find one circumstance Of
dignity I

went to the wedding of Mary-lou She
said ÒI don't want nobody see me talkin' to youÓ Said
she could get killed if she told me what she knew About
dignity I

went down where the vultures feed I
would've got deeper but, there wasn't any need Heard
the tongues of angels and the tongues of men Wasn't
any difference to me Chilly

wind sharp as a razor blade House
on fire debts, unpaid Gonna
stand at the window gonna, ask the maid Have
you seen dignity Drinkin'?

man listens to the voice he hears In
a crowded room full of covered up mirrors Lookin'
into the lost forgotten years For
dignity Met

Prince Phillip at the home of the blues Said
he'd give me information if his name wasn't used He
wanted money up front said, he was abused By
dignity Footprints

runnin' cross the silver sand Steps
goin' down into tattoo land I
met the sons of darkness and the sons of light In
the bordertowns of despair Got

no place to fade got, no coat I'm
on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat Tryin'
to read a note somebody wrote About
dignity Sick

man lookin' for the doctor's cure Lookin'
at his hands for the lines that were And
into every masterpiece of literature for
dignity Englishman

stranded in the blackheart wind Combin'
his hair back his, future looks thin Bites
the bullet and he looks within For
dignity Someone

showed me a picture and I just laughed Dignity
never been photographed I
went into the red went, into the black Into
the valley of dry bone dreams So

many roads so, much at stake So
many dead ends I'm, at the edge of the lake Sometimes
I wonder what it's gonna take To
find dignity