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Two Dollar Bash - Man In Black

from Matt DeHarp by Matt DeHarp

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Tribute to Johnny Cash, written in my kitchen in Berlin on the day he died after hearing the news on the BBC.

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MAN IN BLACK
(Matt DeHarp)

They call him the man, they call him the man
Sometimes they called him a creep, but now they take it back...
Don't feel the pain, ain't got no shame
Laying under them cold, clean sheets on a long, dark night

Watching the paint dry on the wall,
Funny there ain't no pain at all...
Pretty soon, he should be feeling fine

Though the doctors said there weren't much hope
This ain't nothing like he'd been told
Funny the way things get so clear,
Just 'cause you know you're gonna die.

They should have left his boots in the corner
He might still feel like taking a wander,
There's a full moon out the window
He's longing for the warmth of a hand
The touch of a lover
The voice of a friend,
But it's late and they all went home.

So he's staring long and hard at the ceiling
Wondering if, in the end, he could have done better...
Memories go by, betrayals and warnings
Bits and pieces of songs that he'll never sing
Soon, it'll be morning, there won't be no time
Anymore

To sing: la lalala lalah (etc)

They called him the man
They called him the man
Sometimes they called him a freak
But now they take it back...
Don't feel the pain, ain't got no shame
Laying under them cold, clean sheets on a long, dark night

He's feeling down and he's feeling beat
The stakes are high but he's playing for keeps now
Soon, he'll be letting up, soon he'll be letting go
Down to the other side
He's gonna let it flow
And in every juke joint in the land
They'll be singing his songs, ' cause he was the Man...
... In Black.

Singin: la lala lalah (etc)

They called him the man...
They called him the man...

*ENd*

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from Matt DeHarp, track released November 11, 2008
Recorded in the Czech Republic. Engineering: Dugald Jayes - Producer: Craig Ward & Two Dollar Bash. (c)2008 Matt DeHarp / 2 Dollar Bash, all rights reserved.

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Matt DeHarp is a wandering frenchman who likes US folk music. Go see him strum his guitar, honk away on his harps and sing you some songs somewhere near you
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Du cajun au Blues, du Swing au Bal-Musette, des chansons caustiques dans des tons acoustiques, entre une clef de sol qui vous attrape au vol et des harmonicas qui font bien la java. ... more

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