Man Of Stone Lyrics by Stan Ridgway

Man Of Stone Lyrics

    It could have been a million years ago or maybe yesterday
    I crawled out of this wilderness, a debt i had to pay
    I must have tipped the scales somewhere way back
    Never saw the seeds i'd sewn
    So now i travel backwards looking for a man of stone

    A foggy night, a neon light... i've seen him standing there
    Movin' where the shadows creep¨c¨cno he never did play fair
    And one night i almost got him, but i knew you'd tapped my phone
    And communication is dangerous, lookin' for a man of stone


    With juan in argentina i thought i saw him in the street
    In a seaplane over hydra he sat in the captain's seat
    And i've chased him from the colosseum down the spanish steps in rome
    And history just gets hazy lookin' for a man of stone


    In the mornin' out your i saw him leanin' on a tree
    Wearin' a snappy suit of grey and then he motioned to me
    He pointed with his finger, as if to say my soul he owned
    But i had sold that long ago to you lookin' for a man of stone


    Now i sit in this burnt out barn they call the raven's nest
    Drinkin' bloody monkeys, your name tattooed on my chest
    Sometimes i think of juan or you¨c¨cor sometimes i think of hime
    And sometimes i don't think of anything but lookin' for (that's right) a man of stone

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