Man in Black

Johnny Cash

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Well, you	wonder why I always dress in black, Why you never see bright colors on my	back,

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And	why does my ap	pearance seem to	have a sombre	tone,Well, there's a	reason for the things that I have	on.

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I	wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of	town.

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I	wear it for the	prisoner, who has	long paid for his	crime, But is	there because he's a victim of the	times.

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I	wear the black for those who've never read, Or listened to the words that Jesus	said,

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A	bout the road to	happiness, through	love and chari	ty, Why you'd	think he's talking straight to you and	me.

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Well, we're	doin' mighty fine, I do suppose, In our streak-of-lightnin' cars and fancy	clothes,

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But	just so we're re	minded, of the	ones who are held	back, Up	front there ought'a be a man in	black.

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I	wear it for the sick and lonely old, For the reckless ones, whose bad trip left them	cold,

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I	wear the black in	mournin' for the	lives that could have	been, Each	week we lose a hundred fine young	men.

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I	wear it for the thousands who have died, Believin' that the Lord was on their	side!

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I	wear it for an	other hundred	thousand who have	died, Be	lievin' that we all were on their	side.

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Well, there's	things that never will be right, I know, and Things need changin' ev'rywhere you	go,

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But '	til we start to	make a move, to	make a few things	right, You'll	never see me wear a suit of	white.

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Oh, I'd	love to wear a rainbow every day, and Tell the world that ev'rything's	OK!

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But I'll	try to carry	off a little	darkness on my	back, 'Til things are	brighter,	I'm the man in	black.