Intro: / (2x) It crawls on his back, won't ever let him be Stares at the walls until the cinder blocks can breathe His eyes have gone away, escaping over time He rules a crowded nation... insi...ide his mind / (2x) He knows that night like his hand, he knows every move he made Late shift, the bell that rang, a time card... won't... fade 10:05 his truck pulled home, 10:05 he climbed his stair About the time he was accused of being there ... / (2x) But I'm not the man He goes free as I... wait on the row... For the man... to test the rope he'll slip around my... throat... / (2x) and silen... ce me On the day he was tried no witness testified Nothing but evidence, not... hard to falsify His own confession was a prosecutor's prize made up of fear, of rage... and of outright lies ... / (2x) But I'm not the man He goes free as the candle vigil glows As they... burn my clothes / As the cro... owd cries... "Hang him... slow!" / (2x) And I... feel my... blood go... cold... he goes... free Call out the KKK, they're... wild after me And with that frenzied look of half-demented zeal they'd love to serve me up my... final... meal Who'll read my... final rite and... hear my... last... appeal? Who... struck this... devil's... deal?
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