Fat m an lookin' in a blade of steel thin man lookin' at his last meal
H ollow man l ookin' in a cotton fiel d for dignity
W ise man lookin' in a blade of g rass young man lookin' in the sh adows that pass
P oor man loo kin' through painte d gl ass for dignity
S omebody got murdered on New Year's Eve
S omebody said dignity was t he first to leave
I went into the cit y went into the town
W ent into the l and of the midnight sun
S earchin' high searchin' low s earc hin' everywhere I kn ow
A skin' the c ops wherever I go "Hav e you seen Dignity?"
B lind man breakin' out of a tra nce puts both his hands in the po cket of chance
H opin' to find one circumstance of d igni ty
I went to the wedding of Mary-L ou s he said I don't want nobody s ee me talkin to you
S aid she could ge t killed if she told me what she knew a bout dignity
I went down where the vultures feed
I would've gone deeper but there wasn't any need
H eard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men
W asn't any diff erence to me
C hilly wind sharp as a razor bl ade house on fire debts u npaid
G onna stand at the window gonna ask t he maid "Ha ve you seen dignity?"
D rinkin' man listens to the voic e he hears i n a crowded room full of cover ed up mirrors
L ookin' into the lost forgotten yea rs for dignity
M et Prince Philip at the home of the bl ues said he'd give me information if his name wasn't used
H e wanted mo ney up front said he w as abused by dignity
F ootprints runnin' cross the silver sand
S teps goin' down into tatto o land
I met the sons of da rkness and the sons of light
I n the bor derto wns of despair
G ot no place to fade got no co at I 'm on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat
T ryin' to re ad a note somebody wrot e about dignity
S ick man lookin' for the doctor' s cu re lookin' at his hands for the lines that were
A nd into eve ry masterpiece of l iter ature for dignity
E nglishman stranded in the black hear t wind combin' his hair back his future looks thin
B ites the bu llet and he looks w ithi n for dignity
S omeone showed me a picture and I just laughed
D ignity never been photogra phed
I went into the red went into the black
I nto the v alley of dry bone dreams
S o many roads so much at stake so many dead ends I'm at the ed ge of the lake
S ometimes I wonder what it's go nna take to find dignity
