I was among you
For a moment
And I tried to do the best that I can do

Then in a second
I was stolen
They pinched my hips
As lips were turning blue

I’m a dead man
Dead man walking
And talking to you from beyond your world
And if there’s one thing
Need be spoken
Tell my son his guilt is undeserved

I was among you
Daily working
Until the day I found blood in the sink

And I’m sorry
If this is morbid
But my son’s suffered long enough, I think

I love you
I love you
And there’s nothing that you could have done for me

Except love me
And think of me fondly
And choose music through which we still often speak

I’m a dead man
Dead man walking
And my boy is the strongest in the world
And if there’s one thing
Need be spoken
Please tell him that his guilt is undeserved

Remove the chains
And hug your little girl

Remove the pain
Let peace be your reward

Because son, for you, that’s all I’d ever want