[00:06.539]Well,you wonder why I always dress in black,
[00:11.555]Why you never see bright colors on my back,
[00:16.582]And why does my appearance
[00:19.202]seem to have a somber tone.
[00:21.833]Well,there's a reason for
[00:23.107]the things that I have on.
[00:26.782]I wear the black for the poor
[00:29.42]and the beaten down,
[00:31.797]Livin'in the hopeless,hungry side of town,
[00:34.725]I wear it for the prisoner
[00:39.397]who has long paid for his crime,
[00:42.12]But is there
[00:42.845]because he's a victim of the times.
[00:47.31]I wear the black for those who never read,
[00:51.981]Or listened to the words that Jesus said,
[00:57.201]About the road to happiness
[00:59.726]through love and charity,
[01:01.51]Why,you'd think
[01:03.127]He's talking straight to you and me.
[01:06.926]Well,we're doin'mighty fine,
[01:09.188]I do suppose,
[01:12.96]In our streak of lightnin'cars
[01:14.426]and fancy clothes,
[01:15.284]But just so we're reminded of
[01:19.722]the ones who are held back,
[01:22.380]Up front there ought 'a be a
[01:24.861]Man In Black.
[01:27.530]I wear it for the sick and lonely old,
[01:32.430]For the reckless ones whose
[01:34.141]bad trip left them cold,
[01:37.565]I wear the black in mournin'
[01:40.117]for the lives that could have been,
[01:42.662]Each week we lose
[01:43.910]a hundred fine young men.
[01:47.175]And,I wear it for the thousands
[01:49.884]who have died,
[01:52.509]Believen'that the Lord was on their side,
[01:57.35]I wear it for another
[01:59.715]hundred thousand who have died,
[02:02.480]Believen'that we all were on their side.
[02:07.210]Well,there's things that never will be right I know,
[02:12.485]And things need changin'everywhere you go,
[02:17.75]But 'til we start to make a move
[02:19.966]to make a few things right,
[02:22.410]You'll never see me wear a suit of white.
[02:27.38]Ah,I'd love to wear a rainbow every day,
[02:32.204]And tell the world that everything's OK,
[02:37.326]But I'll try to carry off
[02:39.669]a little darkness on my back,
[02:42.279]'Till things are brighter,
[02:44.200]I'm the Man In Black.