The Man in The Long Black Coat 가사

Crickets are chirpin The water is high Theres a soft cotton dress On the line hangin dry The windows wide open African trees Bent over backward In a hurricane breeze Not a word of goodbye Not even a note Shes gone with the man In the long black coat Somebody seen him Hangin around At the old dancehall On the outskirts of town He looked into her eyes When she stopped him to ask If he wanted to dance He had a face like a mask Somebody said From the Bible he quoth There was dust on the man In the long black coat Preacher was talkin Theres a sermon he gave He said, "every mans conscience Is vile & depraved. You cannot depend on it To be your guide When its you Who must keep it satisfied." It aint easy to swallow It sticks in the throat She gave her heart to the man In the long black coat "there are no mistakes in life," Some people say Its true sometimes You can see it that way People dont live or die People just float She left with the man In the long black coat Theres smoke on the water Its been there since june Tree trunks uprooted In the high crescent moon Hear the pulse & vibration And the rumbling force Somebodys out there Beating on a dead horse She never said nothing There was nothing she wrote Shes gone with the man In the long black coat