Dignity

Cocker Joe

Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel 
Thin man lookin' at his last meal 
Hollow man lookin' in a cottonfield 
For dignity 

Wise man lookin' at a blade of grass 
Young man lookin' in the shadows that pass 
Poor man lookin' through painted glass 
For dignity 

Somebody got murdered on New Year's Eve 
Someone said dignity was the first to leave 
I went into the city, I went into the town 
In the land of the midnight sun 

Searchin' high, searchin' low 
Searchin' everywhere I roam 
Askin' the cops wherever I go 
Have you seen dignity? 

Blind man breakin' out of a trance 
Puts both his hands in the pockets of chance 
Hopin' to find one circumstance 
Of dignity 

I went to the wedding of Mary Lou 
She said,"I don't want nobody to see me talkin' to you" 
Said she could be killed if she told me what she knew 
'Bout dignity 

Footprints runnin' cross the silver sand 
Steps fallin' down into tattoo land 
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light 
In the border towns of despair 

So many roads, so much at stake 
Too many dead ends, I'm at the end of the lake 
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take 
To find dignity