Lyrics I’m Not the Man (Live).lrc 10,000 Maniacs
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[ar: 10,000 Maniacs]
[al: MTV Unplugged: 10,000 Maniacs]
[ti: I’m Not the Man (Live)]
[length: 03:46]
[00:05.40]”I’m Not The Man”
[00:07.39]It crawls on his back, won’t ever let him be.
[00:13.82]Stares at the walls until the cinder blocks can breathe.
[00:19.84]His eyes have gone away, escaping over time.
[00:25.49]He rules a crowded nation inside his mind.
[00:38.69]He knows that night like his hand.
[00:41.70]He knows every move he made.
[00:45.06]Late shift, the bell that rang, a time card won’t fade.
[00:51.74]10: 05 his truck pulled home.
[00:53.98]10: 05 he climbed his stair, about the time he was accused of being there.
[01:04.94]But I’m not the man.
[01:08.54]He goes free as I wait on the row for the man to test the rope he’ll slip around my throat…
[01:22.78]And silence me.
[01:28.59]On the day he was tried no witnesses testified.
[01:34.14]Nothing but evidence, not hard to falsify.
[01:39.98]His own confession was a prosecutor’s prize,
[01:45.74]Made up of fear, of rage and of outright lies.
[01:53.60]But I’m not the man.
[01:58.00]He goes free as the candle vigil glows, as they burn my clothes.
[02:10.45]As the crowd cries, “Hang him slow!” and I feel my blood go cold, he goes free.
[02:34.50]Call out the KKK, they’re wild after me.
[02:45.61]And with that frenzied look of half-demented zeal,
[02:50.19]They’d love to serve me up my final meal.
[02:59.11]Who’ll read my final rite and hear my last appeal?
[03:14.38]Who struck this devil’s deal?
[03:23.42]Year of Release: 1993