Lyrics:
I am a manI've been working all my daysThis is my accountingOf my means and of my waysMore years are behind me nowThan years that are aheadLooking back I feelThis is my story to be said.I faced my father downInside the hallway of our home18 years of painUpon my body to the boneDemons lived inside of himThey forced him to the actThe layers of the bruisesTo my body was the fact.OooohI grew and went into the worldI learned to know it's codeOf spoken and unspokenAnd I learned to love the roadI shoulder every burden likeA mule with a heavy packEvery coin I earn is anotherKnot within my back.OooohEcstasy and pleasure comeAt much too great a costI keep myself upon the earthBut measure what I've lostWinged things they brush against meNever mine to holdI keep my eyes upon the groundAnd carry on as old.I met a womanShe had the gifted touchHer hands were wise with healingAnd with wonder and all suchAs the fates would have itEach to others we are wedWe confine ourselves to friendshipAnd we stay out of the bed.OoohNow I turn around to faceThe specter of my ageMy soul it fights my bodyLike a bird will fight its cage.I see that last horizonI hope it brings me peaceI look forward to the dayAt last my body knows release.OooohOoooh