Dignity

<br>Fat man lookin in a blade of steel<br><br>Thin man lookin at his last meal<br><br>Hollow man lookin in a cottonfield<br><br>For dignity<br><br><br><br>Wise man lookin in a blade of grass<br><br>Young man lookin in the shadows that pass<br><br>Poor man lookin through painted glass<br><br>For dignity<br><br><br><br>Somebody got murdered on new years eve<br><br>Somebody said dignity was the first to leave<br><br>I went into the city, went into the town<br><br>Went into the land of the midnight sun<br><br><br><br>Searchin high, searchin low<br><br>Searchin everywhere I know<br><br>Askin the cops wherever I go<br><br>Have you seen dignity? <br><br><br><br>Blind man breakin out of a trance<br><br>Puts both his hands in the pockets of chance<br><br>Hopin to find one circumstance<br><br>Of dignity<br><br><br><br>I went to the wedding of mary-lou<br><br>She said i dont want nobody see me talkin to you? br&gt; said she could get killed if she told me what she knew<br><br>About dignity<br><br><br><br>I went down where the vultures feed<br><br>I wouldve got deeper, but there wasnt any need<br><br>Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men<br><br>Wasnt any difference to me<br><br><br><br>Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade<br><br>House on fire, debts unpaid<br><br>Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid<br><br>Have you seen dignity? <br><br><br><br>Drinkin man listens to the voice he hears<br><br>In a crowded room full of covered up mirrors<br><br>Lookin into the lost forgotten years<br><br>For dignity<br><br><br><br>Met prince phillip at the home of the blues<br><br>Said hed give me information if his name wasnt used<br><br>He wanted money up front, said he was abused<br><br>By dignity<br><br><br><br>Footprints runnin cross the sliver sand<br><br>Steps goin down into tattoo land<br><br>I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light<br><br>In the bordertowns of despair<br><br><br><br>Got no place to fade, got no coat<br><br>Im on the rollin river in a jerkin boat<br><br>Tryin to read a note somebody wrote<br><br>About dignity<br><br><br><br>Sick man lookin for the doctors cure<br><br>Lookin at his hands for the lines that were<br><br>And into every masterpiece of literature<br><br>For dignity<br><br><br><br>Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind<br><br>Combin his hair back, his future looks thin<br><br>Bites the bullet and he looks within<br><br>For dignity<br><br><br><br>Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed<br><br>Dignity never been photographed<br><br>I went into the red, went into the black<br><br>Into the valley of dry bone dreams<br><br><br><br>So many roads, so much at stake<br><br>So many dead ends, Im at the edge of the lake<br><br>Sometimes I wonder what its gonna take<br><br>To find dignity