Man In Black

		

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When I was in my teens he sang his songs
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'Teenage Queen' and 'Big River' rolling on
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'Sing it Pretty Sue' you thought he sang for you
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But the Man in Black he sang those songs for me.



His songs have followed me throughout my life
He sang '...tie that binds...'	when I first took a wife
When he sang 'Ring of Fire' I could feel the flames roar higher
The Man in Black he sang those songs for me.

I heard he made mistakes from time to time
but his singing helped me through when I made mine
Had to fight my whole life through and he sang 'A Boy Named Sue"
The Man in Black he sang that song for me.

He sang 'Give my love to Rose' and 'Cry, Cry, Cry'
and 'Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye'
I felt all the pain I was single once again
The Man in Black he sang those songs for me.

But now I've found a love thats true and fine
and I'm thinking '...while I've got it on my mind...'
and the 'Ring of Fire' again is bursting into flame
The Man in Black he sang those songs for me.

I know I've stolen pieces of his songs
but it seems to me that that's where they belong
They feel such a part of me, they're the part of me that's free
The Man in Black he sang those songs for me.

On the 'Far Side Banks of Jordan' I will wait
I'll come running when he gets to the gate
But I hope it's a long time before we walk that line
The Man in Black he sang those songs for me.

I hope it's a long time before he 'walks the line'
The Man in Black he sang that song for me.


Copyright Bert Hansell, 1993