He came to the light of the sun in '55

A time where a man would look you in the eyes

And now he lay by the lady who he gave his name

Through the winter and the summer rain but

Alive in the only way he really means to be

Now come on black rider won't you ride along with me

He came to the people to the people

In the year I came to be

And sang hallelujah till he sank into the sea

And now he lay in a corner where nobody knows

Where the graces will follow anywhere he goes

And alive in the only way he really means to be

Now come on holy rider won't you sing along with me

See there's a hurry, that don't wait up

For the fool who taking time

And there's a fury, that don't let up

For the ruler in the sky

And there's something I don't quite understand

Oh there's something about the song of a dead man

And it's strange how the living don't seem to live at all

But a ghost has a way of making all of this seem small

And now I lay in the shadow of the ones you've shown

Like a flame in the night of long ago

But alive with a heart beat beating away indeed

And now come on verse of fire don't you put that fire on me

Said come on verse of fire don't you put that fire on me

See there's a hurry, that don't wait up

For the fool who taking time

And there's a fury, that don't let up

For the ruler in the sky

And there's something I don't quite understand

Oh there's something about the song of a dead man

Oh there's something about the song of a dead man

Oooh where did you go

Oooh above or below

Oooh maybe between

Oooh whatever that means

See there's a hurry, that don't wait up

For the fool who taking time

And there's a fury, that don't let up

For the ruler in the sky

And there's something I don't quite understand

Oh there's something about the song of a dead man

Oh there's something's not about the song of a dead man

Oh there's something about the song of a dead man