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Intro: ... / - ... / (2x)
It crawls on his back, won t ever let him be
Stares at the walls until the cinder blocks can breathe
His eyes have gone away, escaping over time
He rules a crowded nation... insi...ide his mind
... / - ... / (2x)
He knows that night like his hand, he knows every move he made
Late shift, the bell that rang, a time card... won t... fade
10:05 his truck pulled home, 10:05 he climbed his stair
About the time he was accused of being there
...
... / - ... / (2x)
But I m not the man
He goes free as I... wait on the row...
For the man... to test the rope he ll slip around my... throat...
- - / ... / (2x)
and silen... ce me
On the day he was tried no witness testified
Nothing but evidence, not... hard to falsify
His own confession was a prosecutor s prize
made up of fear, of rage... and of outright lies
...
/ - / (2x)
But I m not the man
He goes free as the candle vigil glows
As they... burn my clothes
/ - - / -
As the cro... owd cries... "Hang him... slow!"
/ / (2x)
And I... feel my... blood go... cold... he goes... free
Call out the KKK, they re... wild after me
And with that frenzied look of half-demented zeal
they d love to serve me up my... final... meal
Who ll read my... final rite and... hear my... last... appeal?
Who... struck this... devil s... deal?
It crawls on his back, won t ever let him be
Stares at the walls until the cinder blocks can breathe
His eyes have gone away, escaping over time
He rules a crowded nation... insi...ide his mind
... / - ... / (2x)
He knows that night like his hand, he knows every move he made
Late shift, the bell that rang, a time card... won t... fade
10:05 his truck pulled home, 10:05 he climbed his stair
About the time he was accused of being there
...
... / - ... / (2x)
But I m not the man
He goes free as I... wait on the row...
For the man... to test the rope he ll slip around my... throat...
- - / ... / (2x)
and silen... ce me
On the day he was tried no witness testified
Nothing but evidence, not... hard to falsify
His own confession was a prosecutor s prize
made up of fear, of rage... and of outright lies
...
/ - / (2x)
But I m not the man
He goes free as the candle vigil glows
As they... burn my clothes
/ - - / -
As the cro... owd cries... "Hang him... slow!"
/ / (2x)
And I... feel my... blood go... cold... he goes... free
Call out the KKK, they re... wild after me
And with that frenzied look of half-demented zeal
they d love to serve me up my... final... meal
Who ll read my... final rite and... hear my... last... appeal?
Who... struck this... devil s... deal?